Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
High Meadows OHV Trail & Incense Cedar via Powerline Road
2.2 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 50 min
High Meadows OHV Trail & Incense Cedar via Powerline Road is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near South Lake Tahoe, CA. It is mostly level, with 194 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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High Meadows OHV Trail & Incense Cedar via Powerline Road
2.2 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 50 min
Elevation 6,451–6,545 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 38.89803, -119.95761
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 57°F / low 44° · precip 21% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 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 SW.
- 50 ftReach High Meadows OHV Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Powerline Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto High Meadows OHV Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 3.7 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 3.8 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 4.2 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
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