Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Picnic Rock–Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint, 4 sights
12.1 mi · ▲ 2,186 ft · 5 hr 8 min
Picnic Rock–Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint, 4 sights is a 12.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Bay, CA. The route passes Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint and Picnic Rock. It climbs 2,186 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Picnic Rock–Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint, 4 sights
12.1 mi · ▲ 2,186 ft · 5 hr 8 min
Elevation 6,323–7,770 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.23364, -120.07887
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 84°F / low 49° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 763 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto BP, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 3.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 1.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miPass Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint.
- 200 ftReach Picnic Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Griff Creek Trail, heading S.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 500 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Regency Extension, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto BP, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 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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- Transit-accessible: stop 763 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Tahoe Rim Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 801 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 833 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 950 ft
- BP 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,112 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 1,298 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 1,169 ft
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