Lookout Point–Lake Tahoe, 3 sights is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Brockway Vista, CA. The route passes Lake Tahoe before reaching Lookout Point at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 1,601 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,303 – 7,363 ft · steepest grade: 30%4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24810, -119.99590
Nearest town Brockway Vista, CA
Directions
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Lookout Point–Lake Tahoe, 3 sights
4.3 mi · ▲ 1,601 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Elevation 6,301–7,362 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.24810, -119.99590
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:00 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Lake Tahoe.
- 1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left onto Saddle, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lookout Peak, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Lookout Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Saddle, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 200 ftBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
79% dirt21% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:00 PM
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