Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Lonely Gulch Flume & Rubicon Peak Trail

3.9 mi · ▲ 617 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Lonely Gulch Flume & Rubicon Peak Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Rubicon Properties, CA. It climbs 617 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,815 – 7,235 ft · steepest grade: 30%4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.01075, -120.12213
Nearest town Rubicon Properties, CA

Directions

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Lonely Gulch Flume & Rubicon Peak Trail

3.9 mi · ▲ 617 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 6,816–7,234 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.01075, -120.12213

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 250 ftTurn right onto Highland Drive, heading W.
  3. 0.4 miBear right onto Lonely Gulch to Rubicon Peak Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Lonely Gulch Flume, heading NE.
  6. 1.3 miReach Rubicon Peak Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  8. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Lonely Gulch to Rubicon Peak Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miBear left onto Rubicon Peak Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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