Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Mule Deer Connector
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,028 ft · 2 hr 7 min
Mule Deer Connector is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tallac Village, CA. It climbs 1,028 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mule Deer Connector
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,028 ft · 2 hr 7 min
Elevation 6,354–7,261 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 38.89376, -120.03084
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 84°F / low 43° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Forest Mountain Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Mule Deer Connector, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Mule Deer Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Forest Mountain Road, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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