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
- Start on Sawtooth Spur, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Western States Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto OTB Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Western States Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Valley View, heading SW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Valley View Spur, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right onto Valley View, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Valley View Spur, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Sawtooth Spur, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Valley View, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Deer Creek Road, heading SE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Fast Eddie's, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Charging Bear, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto OTB Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Spur, heading N.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
86% dirt6% paved8% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Sawtooth Spur Trailhead
- Sawtooth Spur & Western States Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 468 ft
- Deer Creek Trail & Sawtooth Spur 2.8 mi · ▲ 548 ft
- Mount Watson Boulevard Viewpoint & Sawtooth Spur 2.8 mi · ▲ 453 ft
- Mount Watson Boulevard & Sawtooth Spur 3.8 mi · ▲ 451 ft
- OTB Trail–Sawtooth Spur, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 671 ft
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