Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Mount Watson Boulevard

16 mi · ▲ 2,129 ft · 6 hr 24 min

Mount Watson Boulevard is a 16-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Lake Forest, CA. It climbs 2,129 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,313 – 7,425 ft · steepest grade: 16%16.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.19679, -120.11463
Nearest town Lake Forest, CA

Directions

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Mount Watson Boulevard

16 mi · ▲ 2,129 ft · 6 hr 24 min

Elevation 6,313–7,426 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.19679, -120.11463

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Cross Country Green Trail, heading NW.
  3. 100 ftContinue straight onto Class Cutter, heading N.
  4. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  10. 300 ftContinue straight onto Antone Meadows Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
  13. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  14. 0.6 miTurn right onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading SW.
  15. 0.6 miSharp left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading W.
  16. 3.7 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain), heading E.
  17. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.7 miBear right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading SW.
  19. 3.7 miSharp right onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading NE.
  20. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  21. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  22. 250 ftBear left, heading E.
  23. 0.6 miTurn right onto Antone Meadows Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.9 miBear left, heading SE.
  25. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  27. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  28. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  29. 300 ftTurn right onto Class Cutter, heading SE.
  30. 450 ftContinue straight onto Tahoe Cross Country Green Trail, heading SE.
  31. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  32. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

94% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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