Mount Pluto is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Heights, CA. The route reaches Mount Pluto at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 715 ft. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi7,865 – 8,580 ft3.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.22992, -120.14246
Nearest town Carnelian Heights, CA
Directions
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Mount Pluto
2.9 mi · ▲ 715 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 7,865–8,580 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.22992, -120.14246
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.2 miReach Mount Pluto, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM
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