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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Mount Baldy–Brockway Spring, 4 sights

11.8 mi · ▲ 3,000 ft · 5 hr 26 min

Mount Baldy–Brockway Spring, 4 sights is an 11.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Brockway Vista, CA. The route passes Brockway Spring and Mount Baldy. It climbs 3,000 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,677 – 9,262 ft · steepest grade: 31%12.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Beaver Street Extension 39.24814, -120.01387
Nearest town Brockway Vista, CA
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Mount Baldy–Brockway Spring, 4 sights

11.8 mi · ▲ 3,000 ft · 5 hr 26 min

Elevation 6,677–9,263 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Beaver Street Extension · 39.24814, -120.01387

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Beaver Street Extension, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Brockway Spring.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Beaver Street Extension, heading N.
  5. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
  6. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 450 ftSharp right, heading W.
  8. 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.8 miTurn right onto 16N54, heading NE.
  10. 0.9 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  13. 0.1 miPass Mount Baldy.
  14. 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  17. 1.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 0.8 miSharp right, heading SW.
  19. 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 1 miBear left onto Kings Beach Trail, heading SW.
  22. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  23. 150 ftBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading SW.
  24. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  25. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  26. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  27. 0.6 miBear left onto Beaver Street Extension, heading E.
  28. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  29. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  30. 0.7 miBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SW.
  31. 50 ftBear right onto Beaver Street Extension, heading SW.
  32. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mount-baldy-tahoe-rim-viewpoint-loop-20-km-949c

Trail surface

75% dirt25% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.7 mi in (~148 min). Leave by 4:14 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:50 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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