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.
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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 Aug 3: Clear, high 83°F / low 47° · precip 0% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Highland Drive, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Lonely Gulch to Rubicon Peak Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lonely Gulch Flume, heading NE.
- 1.3 miReach Rubicon Peak Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lonely Gulch to Rubicon Peak Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Rubicon Peak Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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