Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Lower Cold Creek Trail–Lower Cold Creek, 3 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 467 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Lower Cold Creek Trail–Lower Cold Creek, 3 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near South Lake Tahoe, CA. It climbs 467 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Lower Cold Creek Trail–Lower Cold Creek, 3 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 467 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Elevation 6,296–6,549 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Lower Cold Creek · 38.90883, -119.96129
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 85°F / low 41° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
- Start on Lower Cold Creek, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Powerline Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Lower Cold Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:45 PM for the 8:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:30 PM — 10 min before dark.
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More from Lower Cold Creek Trailhead
- Cold Creek Trail–High Meadows Road, 5 sights 8.4 mi · ▲ 1,594 ft
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