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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Lost Lake & Lost Lake Trail via Rubicon Trail

11.8 mi · ▲ 1,649 ft · 4 hr 45 min

Lost Lake & Lost Lake Trail via Rubicon Trail is an 11.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoma Meadows, CA. The route reaches Lost Lake at the turnaround, 5.9 miles in. It climbs 1,649 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,677 – 7,697 ft · steepest grade: 16%12.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rubicon Trail 39.04599, -120.16828
Nearest town Tahoma Meadows, CA
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Lost Lake & Lost Lake Trail via Rubicon Trail

11.8 mi · ▲ 1,649 ft · 4 hr 45 min

Elevation 6,678–7,698 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Rubicon Trail · 39.04599, -120.16828

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 83°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Rubicon Trail, heading W.
  2. 2.4 miTurn left onto Richardson Lake Road, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto General Creek Trail, heading E.
  4. 1.4 miBear right onto Lost Lake Trail, heading E.
  5. 1.9 miReach Lost Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.9 miBear left onto General Creek Trail, heading W.
  7. 1.4 miBear right onto Richardson Lake Road, heading NW.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Rubicon Trail, heading N.
  9. 2.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lost-lake-lost-lake-out-back-19-km-b950

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

ClearTemperature 83°F60°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity28%
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 6:05 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Wed 82°60°
Thu 81°56°
Fri 81°57°
Sat 81°58°
Sun 80°58°
Mon 79°56°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~86 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 8:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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