Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Picnic Rock–Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint, 4 beaches
7.3 mi · ▲ 1,510 ft · 3 hr 11 min
Picnic Rock–Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint, 4 beaches is a 7.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoe Vista, CA. The route passes California Tahoe Conservancy Beach and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint before reaching Picnic Rock at the turnaround, 3.7 miles in. It climbs 1,510 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Picnic Rock–Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint, 4 beaches
7.3 mi · ▲ 1,510 ft · 3 hr 11 min
Elevation 6,259–7,770 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.24140, -120.04900
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 84°F / low 45° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 176 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass California Tahoe Conservancy Beach.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto North Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 1.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miPass Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint.
- 250 ftReach Picnic Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto North Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: stop 176 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Brockway Spring–California Tahoe Conservancy Beach, 4 sights 9.8 mi · ▲ 1,511 ft
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