Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Fast Eddie's–OTB Trail, 5 sights

8.8 mi · ▲ 1,653 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Fast Eddie's–OTB Trail, 5 sights is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Heights, CA. It climbs 1,653 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,598 – 7,681 ft · steepest grade: 23%9.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sawtooth Spur 39.23107, -120.15270
Nearest town Carnelian Heights, CA

Directions

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Fast Eddie's–OTB Trail, 5 sights

8.8 mi · ▲ 1,653 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Elevation 6,598–7,680 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Sawtooth Spur · 39.23107, -120.15270

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start on Sawtooth Spur, heading S.
  2. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left onto Western States Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto OTB Trail, heading W.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto Western States Trail, heading NW.
  6. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Valley View, heading SW.
  7. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Valley View Spur, heading S.
  8. 100 ftBear right onto Valley View, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Valley View Spur, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miReach Sawtooth Spur, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto Valley View, heading E.
  12. 0.6 miBear left onto Deer Creek Road, heading SE.
  13. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Fast Eddie's, heading SE.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left onto Charging Bear, heading E.
  15. 0.5 miSharp left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 0.6 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.6 miBear right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading S.
  20. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  21. 50 ftTurn left onto OTB Trail, heading N.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  23. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  24. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Spur, heading N.
  25. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

86% dirt6% paved8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM

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