Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Lower Cold Creek Trail–Powerline Road, 3 sights
3.8 mi · ▲ 559 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Lower Cold Creek Trail–Powerline Road, 3 sights is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near South Lake Tahoe, CA. It climbs 559 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Lower Cold Creek Trail–Powerline Road, 3 sights
3.8 mi · ▲ 559 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 6,309–6,623 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 38.91102, -119.95262
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 84°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Power Line Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Powerline Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Lower Cold Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Powerline Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Powerline Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Powerline Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- High Meadows OHV Trail–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 475 ft
- Powerline Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 222 ft
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