Martis Peak Road is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 2,226 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,401 – 8,649 ft · steepest grade: 16%10.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24910, -120.03002
Nearest town Wood Vista, CA
Directions
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Martis Peak Road
9.8 mi · ▲ 2,226 ft · 4 hr 23 min
Elevation 6,403–8,647 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.24910, -120.03002
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Kings Beach Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Martis Peak Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1 miBear left onto Kings Beach Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
92% dirt8% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.9 mi in (~180 min). Leave by 4:08 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · loop · via Martis Peak Road
- 5.1 mi · out & back · via Martis Peak Road
- 5.1 mi · out & back · via Martis Peak Road
- 5.7 mi · out & back · via Martis Peak Road
- 5.8 mi · out & back · via Martis Peak Road
- 7.1 mi · loop · via Martis Peak Road
- 7.3 mi · loop · via Martis Peak Road
- 7.3 mi · loop · via Martis Peak Road
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- Beaver Tail Trail & Chipmunk via Old Grist Mill Road 2 mi · ▲ 198 ft
- Lake Vista Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 419 ft
- Lake Vista Road 3.1 mi · ▲ 450 ft
- Lake Vista Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 509 ft
- Brockway Spring–Beaver Tail Trail, 4 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 693 ft
- Kings Beach Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 751 ft
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