Lower Missing Link–Ocelot, 4 sights
8.7 mi · ▲ 1,441 ft · 3 hr 37 min
Lower Missing Link–Ocelot, 4 sights is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Burton Creek State Park near Tahoe City, CA. It climbs 1,441 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,378 – 7,500 ft · steepest grade: 20%9.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.17626, -120.14193
Nearest town Tahoe City, CA
Directions
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Lower Missing Link–Ocelot, 4 sights
8.7 mi · ▲ 1,441 ft · 3 hr 37 min
Elevation 6,379–7,500 ft
Out & Back · Burton Creek State Park
Trailhead: 39.17626, -120.14193
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Ocelot, heading W.
- 1 miBear right onto Ocelot/Stumpy Connector, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Stumpy Connector, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Powerline, heading SW.
- 1 miBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Upper Missing Link, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftSharp left onto S.S. Wallternate, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Lower Missing Link, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Ocelot, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left onto S.S. Wallternate, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Upper Missing Link, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Powerline, heading S.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Stumpy Connector, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Ocelot/Stumpy Connector, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Ocelot, heading NE.
- 1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
96% dirt4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
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- Tahoe Rim Trail 10.1 mi · ▲ 1,607 ft
- Mount Watson Access Road 4.1 mi · ▲ 750 ft
- Ocelot 4.7 mi · ▲ 771 ft
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