Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Charging Bear–Mount Watson Boulevard, 3 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 663 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Charging Bear–Mount Watson Boulevard, 3 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Heights, CA. It climbs 663 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Charging Bear–Mount Watson Boulevard, 3 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 663 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Elevation 7,103–7,796 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Mount Watson Boulevard · 39.22493, -120.14857
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 55°F / low 38° · precip 3% · wind 14 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start on Mount Watson Boulevard, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Watson Peak Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Charging Bear, heading SW.
- 300 ftReach Mount Watson Boulevard, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Watson Peak Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading NE.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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More from Mount Watson Boulevard Trailhead
- Watson Peak Viewpoint–Mount Watson Boulevard, 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 565 ft
- Lakeview Ridge Trail–Mount Watson Boulevard, 5 sights 8.8 mi · ▲ 1,534 ft
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