Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
California Tahoe Conservancy Beach–Moon Dunes Beach Loop, 6 sights
7.9 mi · ▲ 935 ft · 3 hr 6 min
California Tahoe Conservancy Beach–Moon Dunes Beach Loop, 6 sights is a 7.9-mile loop in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. The route passes California Tahoe Conservancy Beach and Moon Dunes Beach. It climbs 935 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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California Tahoe Conservancy Beach–Moon Dunes Beach Loop, 6 sights
7.9 mi · ▲ 935 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Elevation 6,259–7,189 ft
Loop · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail · 39.25856, -120.06450
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 83°F / low 46° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lake Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Lake View Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach California Tahoe Conservancy Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Moon Dunes Beach.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Pam Emmerich Memorial Pinedrop Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto North Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Kings Beach Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Griff Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading SW.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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