Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Bear Trap Connector–Cinder Cone Spur, 4 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,355 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Bear Trap Connector–Cinder Cone Spur, 4 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 1,355 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Bear Trap Connector–Cinder Cone Spur, 4 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,355 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Elevation 6,270–7,308 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.20255, -120.19711
Weather Sep 5: Mostly clear, high 61°F / low 43° · precip 5% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Cinder Cone, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Deer Creek Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Painted Rock South), heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Deer Creek Road, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bear Trap Connector, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Cinder Cone Spur, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Deer Creek Road, heading W.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Painted Rock South), heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Deer Creek Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Cinder Cone, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Other ways to reach this destination
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- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 7.1 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 8.5 mi · loop · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 9.5 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 10.7 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 11.7 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 12.4 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
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