Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Cedar Trail–Lake Ridge Trail, 3 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 619 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Cedar Trail–Lake Ridge Trail, 3 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 619 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,431 – 6,864 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lake Vista Road 39.25885, -120.02988
Nearest town Wood Vista, CA

Directions

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Cedar Trail–Lake Ridge Trail, 3 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 619 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 6,430–6,865 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Lake Vista Road · 39.25885, -120.02988

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start on Lake Vista Road, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  3. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  5. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miBear right onto Lake Ridge Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.5 miTurn left onto Cedar Trail, heading S.
  11. 150 ftBear right onto Manzanita Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miReach Lake Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 500 ftBear left onto Cedar Trail, heading SE.
  14. 150 ftTurn right onto Lake Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  19. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  20. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  21. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  22. 0.7 miSharp right onto Lake Vista Road, heading NE.
  23. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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