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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Mount Watson Boulevard

12.8 mi · ▲ 2,325 ft · 5 hr 26 min

Mount Watson Boulevard is a 12.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoe City, CA. It climbs 2,325 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,313 – 7,425 ft13.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.17626, -120.14193
Nearest town Tahoe City, CA
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Mount Watson Boulevard

12.8 mi · ▲ 2,325 ft · 5 hr 26 min

Elevation 6,313–7,426 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.17626, -120.14193

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading SW.
  4. 0.6 miSharp left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading NE.
  5. 3.7 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain), heading E.
  6. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 0.7 miBear right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading W.
  8. 3.7 miSharp right onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading E.
  9. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mount-watson-boulevard-out-back-21-km-03e7

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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