Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Crossover–Knick Knack, 5 sights
14.9 mi · ▲ 2,502 ft · 6 hr 13 min
Crossover–Knick Knack, 5 sights is a 14.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 2,502 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Crossover–Knick Knack, 5 sights
14.9 mi · ▲ 2,502 ft · 6 hr 13 min
Elevation 6,936–8,021 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail · 39.25856, -120.06450
Weather Sep 5: Partly cloudy, high 58°F / low 38° · precip 3% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 3.8 miTurn right onto Sawmill Flat, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Hemlock, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Sawmill, heading N.
- 400 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Knick Knack, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto The Woods, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Tryumph, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp left onto River Styx, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Sticks & Stones, heading S.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Little Trees, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Sticks & Stones, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sinuous, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crossover, heading SW.
- 0.9 miReach Tahoe Rim Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Sinuous, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Sticks & Stones, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Little Trees, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Sticks & Stones, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto River Styx, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Tryumph, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp left onto The Woods, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Knick Knack, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Sawmill, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Hemlock, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading S.
- 3.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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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
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