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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Lower Cold Creek Trail–Lower Cold Creek, 3 sights

2.6 mi · ▲ 334 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Lower Cold Creek Trail–Lower Cold Creek, 3 sights is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fountain Place, CA. It climbs 334 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,296 – 6,641 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: High Meadows Trailhead 38.89558, -119.94828
Nearest town Fountain Place, CA
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Lower Cold Creek Trail–Lower Cold Creek, 3 sights

2.6 mi · ▲ 334 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Elevation 6,296–6,642 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: High Meadows Trailhead · 38.89558, -119.94828

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Power Line Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 250 ftBear left onto Powerline Trail, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  7. 0.7 miReach Lower Cold Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 0.4 miBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Power Line Trail, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  13. 250 ftBear left, heading E.
  14. 0.1 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/lower-cold-creek-trail-lower-cold-creek-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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