Martis Peak Road is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 2,576 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,139 – 8,442 ft · steepest grade: 21%11.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: 16N92B 39.28382, -120.03171
Nearest town Wood Vista, CA
Directions
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Martis Peak Road
10.5 mi · ▲ 2,576 ft · 4 hr 47 min
Elevation 6,139–8,442 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 16N92B · 39.28382, -120.03171
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Martis Peak Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Elizabethtown Meadows Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Martis Peak Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 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
96% dirt4% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.0 mi in (~99 min). Leave by 5:03 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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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