Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Lower Cold Creek Trail–Powerline Road, 3 sights

3.8 mi · ▲ 559 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Lower Cold Creek Trail–Powerline Road, 3 sights is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near South Lake Tahoe, CA. It climbs 559 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,309 – 6,624 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.91102, -119.95262
Nearest town South Lake Tahoe, CA

Directions

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Lower Cold Creek Trail–Powerline Road, 3 sights

3.8 mi · ▲ 559 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Elevation 6,309–6,623 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 38.91102, -119.95262

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.6 miBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading E.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Power Line Trail, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  7. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 0.4 miBear right onto Powerline Road, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miReach Lower Cold Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  20. 250 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading E.
  21. 50 ftBear left onto Powerline Trail, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto Powerline Trail, heading NE.
  24. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  25. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

67% dirt33% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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