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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Lower Missing Link & Upper Missing Link via Mount Watson Boulevard

10.7 mi · ▲ 2,117 ft · 4 hr 38 min

Lower Missing Link & Upper Missing Link via Mount Watson Boulevard is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Comstock Acres, CA. It climbs 2,117 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,313 – 7,655 ft · steepest grade: 20%11.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain) 39.16913, -120.14884
Nearest town Comstock Acres, CA
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Lower Missing Link & Upper Missing Link via Mount Watson Boulevard

10.7 mi · ▲ 2,117 ft · 4 hr 38 min

Elevation 6,313–7,654 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain) · 39.16913, -120.14884

Weather Sep 5: Mostly clear, high 61°F / low 41° · precip 5% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start on Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain), heading NW.
  2. 0.7 miBear right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading W.
  3. 2.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  4. 250 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain), heading NE.
  5. 1 miBear left, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
  7. 1 miTurn left onto Upper Missing Link, heading N.
  8. 300 ftBear left, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 450 ftSharp left onto S.S. Wallternate, heading W.
  11. 50 ftSharp right onto Lower Missing Link, heading W.
  12. 50 ftReach Upper Missing Link, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 50 ftSharp left onto S.S. Wallternate, heading W.
  14. 50 ftSharp right onto Upper Missing Link, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  16. 400 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
  17. 1 miSharp left, heading S.
  18. 50 ftBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain), heading S.
  19. 1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  20. 250 ftSharp right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading NE.
  21. 2.3 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain), heading E.
  22. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lower-missing-link-upper-missing-link-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 61°F41°
Feels like39°Precip5%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity68%
Hourly temperature
65°40°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun 60°41°
Mon 65°41°
Tue 70°46°
Wed 71°51° 19%
Thu 72°54°
Fri 70°50°

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