Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
High Meadows OHV Trail–Incense Cedar, 5 sights
9.6 mi · ▲ 1,161 ft · 3 hr 47 min
High Meadows OHV Trail–Incense Cedar, 5 sights is a 9.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fountain Place, CA. It climbs 1,161 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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High Meadows OHV Trail–Incense Cedar, 5 sights
9.6 mi · ▲ 1,161 ft · 3 hr 47 min
Elevation 6,296–7,052 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Armstrong Connector Trail · 38.86677, -119.95640
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Corral Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Sierra Sidewinder, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Corral Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Sierra Sidewinder, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Corral Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Incense Cedar, heading NE.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Powerline Road, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto High Meadows OHV Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miReach Sierra Sidewinder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto High Meadows OHV Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Powerline Road, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Incense Cedar, heading W.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Corral Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sierra Sidewinder, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Corral Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Sierra Sidewinder, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Corral Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:42 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:02 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:28 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2 mi · loop · via Powerline Road
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 3.7 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 3.8 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
More from Armstrong Connector Trail Trailhead
- Cold Creek Trail–High Meadows OHV Trail, 4 sights 14.1 mi · ▲ 2,217 ft
- Armstrong Pass–Armstrong Connector Trail, 3 sights 11 mi · ▲ 1,673 ft
- Corral Trail & Sierra Sidewinder 4.1 mi · ▲ 694 ft
- Armstrong Connector Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 610 ft
- Corral Trail–Incense Cedar, 5 sights 7.3 mi · ▲ 826 ft
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