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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miBear left onto Tell No Tales, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  6. 150 ftTurn right onto Boondocks, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miBear left onto Coaster, heading SW.
  8. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Lookout, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Coaster, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lookout, heading S.
  12. 150 ftTurn left onto Tryumph, heading S.
  13. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Crossover, heading S.
  14. 3 miReach Mount Pluto, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 3.5 miTurn right onto Lookout, heading N.
  16. 150 ftContinue straight onto Coaster, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lookout, heading N.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Coaster, heading N.
  19. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  20. 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
  21. 250 ftBear right onto Boondocks, heading N.
  22. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  23. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  24. 150 ftSharp right onto Tell No Tales, heading E.
  25. 0.2 miBear right onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading N.
  26. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  27. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  28. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

33% dirt4% gravel63% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:03 AMSunset 8:12 PM

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