Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Monument Pass & Cold Creek Trail via Tahoe Rim Trail
8.9 mi · ▲ 2,309 ft · 4 hr 7 min
Monument Pass & Cold Creek Trail via Tahoe Rim Trail is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fountain Place, CA. The route reaches Monument Pass at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It climbs 2,309 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Monument Pass & Cold Creek Trail via Tahoe Rim Trail
8.9 mi · ▲ 2,309 ft · 4 hr 7 min
Elevation 6,621–8,839 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: High Meadows Trailhead · 38.89558, -119.94828
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on High Meadows Road, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Cold Creek Connector, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Cold Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftReach Monument Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Cold Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1.7 miTurn left onto Cold Creek Connector, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto High Meadows Road, heading W.
- 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.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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