AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

OTB Trail–Sawtooth Spur, 3 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 671 ft · 1 hr 54 min

OTB Trail–Sawtooth Spur, 3 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Heights, CA. It climbs 671 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi7,323 – 7,681 ft · steepest grade: 21%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sawtooth Spur 39.23107, -120.15270
Nearest town Carnelian Heights, CA
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OTB Trail–Sawtooth Spur, 3 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 671 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Elevation 7,322–7,680 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Sawtooth Spur · 39.23107, -120.15270

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

  1. Start on Sawtooth Spur, heading S.
  2. 1 miBear left, heading SW.
  3. 400 ftBear left onto OTB Trail, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  7. 300 ftContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.8 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Painted Rock North), heading W.
  9. 500 ftReach Sawtooth Spur, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 500 ftBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.9 miBear right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto OTB Trail, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  15. 400 ftBear right, heading NW.
  16. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Spur, heading N.
  17. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/otb-trail-sawtooth-spur-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

88% dirt12% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM

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