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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Madden Creek

3.8 mi · ▲ 808 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Madden Creek is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Homewood, CA. It climbs 808 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,316 – 7,149 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.09478, -120.16598
Nearest town Homewood, CA
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Madden Creek

3.8 mi · ▲ 808 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 6,317–7,149 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.09478, -120.16598

Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 84°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 1.2 miSharp right onto Madden Creek, heading W.
  3. 0.8 miReach Madden Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.8 miSharp left, heading NW.
  5. 1.1 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/madden-creek-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 84°F48°
Feels like79°Precip0%Wind10 mphUV8Humidity14%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue 85°61°
Wed 81°58°
Thu 81°58°
Fri 81°59°
Sat 82°59°
Sun 82°58°

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