Pacific Crest Trail is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Nebelhorn, CA. It climbs 1,652 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi7,386 – 8,747 ft · steepest grade: 19%7.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Pony Express Connector Trail 38.81470, -120.03404
Nearest town Nebelhorn, CA
Directions
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Pacific Crest Trail
7.4 mi · ▲ 1,652 ft · 3 hr 18 min
Elevation 7,387–8,746 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Pony Express Connector Trail · 38.81470, -120.03404
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Pony Express Connector Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Echo Summit Trailhead Access Spur, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading S.
- 3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Echo Summit Trailhead Access Spur, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pony Express Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 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
20% dirt80% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.7 mi in (~133 min). Leave by 4:29 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
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- Showers Lake via Pacific Crest Trail 15.6 mi · ▲ 2,797 ft
- Little Round Top Trail via Pacific Crest Trail 12.2 mi · ▲ 2,294 ft
- Lake Audrian & Pony Express Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 454 ft
- Benwood Residential Spur via Pacific Crest Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 200 ft
- Echo Summit Trailhead Access Spur & Pony Express Trail Loop via Pacific Crest Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 311 ft
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