Martis Peak Road is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Brockway Vista, CA. It climbs 2,042 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,739 – 8,649 ft · steepest grade: 19%10.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Saddle 39.24655, -120.01266
Nearest town Brockway Vista, CA
Directions
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Martis Peak Road
9.7 mi · ▲ 2,042 ft · 4 hr 15 min
Elevation 6,738–8,647 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Saddle · 39.24655, -120.01266
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Beaver Street Extension, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
- 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 miBear left, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Beaver Street Extension, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 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
92% dirt8% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.8 mi in (~171 min). Leave by 3:51 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:17 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 Street Extension 8.4 mi · ▲ 1,736 ft
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- Beaver Street Extension 8.4 mi · ▲ 1,761 ft
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- Beaver Street Extension 7.6 mi · ▲ 2,059 ft
- Tahoe Rim Viewpoint–Brockway Spring, 3 sights 9.4 mi · ▲ 2,570 ft
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