Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
North Ridge Trail via Pam Emmerich Memorial Pinedrop Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 648 ft · 1 hr 47 min
North Ridge Trail via Pam Emmerich Memorial Pinedrop Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 648 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,385 – 7,015 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24898, -120.03672
Nearest town Wood Vista, CA
Directions
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North Ridge Trail via Pam Emmerich Memorial Pinedrop Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 648 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 6,385–7,014 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.24898, -120.03672
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:00 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 453 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pam Emmerich Memorial Pinedrop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto North Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 400 ftReach North Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto North Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Pam Emmerich Memorial Pinedrop Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
36% dirt24% paved40% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:00 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 453 m from the trailhead
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