Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Pickupsticks–Tahoe Rim Trail, 3 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 2,966 ft · 6 hr 51 min
Pickupsticks–Tahoe Rim Trail, 3 sights is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 2,966 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Pickupsticks–Tahoe Rim Trail, 3 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 2,966 ft · 6 hr 51 min
Elevation 6,936–8,442 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Martis Peak Road · 39.28668, -120.03317
Weather Sep 21: Overcast, high 63°F / low 45° · precip 9% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:00 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
- 2.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 3.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Hanes Flat, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Watson Creek East Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Pickupsticks, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Tahoe Rim Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Watson Creek East Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Hanes Flat, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
- 3.8 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.6 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
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
More from Martis Peak Road Trailhead
- Tahoe Rim Trail 11.6 mi · ▲ 2,216 ft
- Martis Peak Road 7.5 mi · ▲ 1,497 ft
- Elizabethtown Meadows Trail 9.9 mi · ▲ 2,521 ft
- Elizabethtown Meadows Trail 10 mi · ▲ 2,521 ft
- Martis Peak Road 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,909 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 8 mi · ▲ 1,611 ft
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