Mount Pluto–Coaster, 3 sights is a 10-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Ponderosa Fairway Estates, CA. The route reaches Mount Pluto at the turnaround, 5 miles in. It climbs 2,336 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,847 – 8,580 ft · steepest grade: 34%10.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27152, -120.13231
Nearest town Ponderosa Fairway Estates, CA
Directions
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Mount Pluto–Coaster, 3 sights
10 mi · ▲ 2,336 ft · 4 hr 30 min
Elevation 6,846–8,580 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.27152, -120.13231
Weather Aug 3: sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Tell No Tales, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Boondocks, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Coaster, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Lookout, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Coaster, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lookout, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Tryumph, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Crossover, heading S.
- 3 miReach Mount Pluto, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.5 miTurn right onto Lookout, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Coaster, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lookout, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Coaster, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Boondocks, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Tell No Tales, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 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
33% dirt4% gravel63% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:03 AMSunset 8:12 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Coaster & Tell No Tales via Northstar Service Road 900 2.4 mi · ▲ 742 ft
- Boondocks–Coaster, 4 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 968 ft
- Boondocks–Coaster Loop, 5 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 879 ft
- Northstar Service Road 900 4.7 mi · ▲ 627 ft
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