Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Powerline & Saddle
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,145 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Powerline & Saddle is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Brockway Vista, CA. It climbs 1,145 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi6,838 – 7,363 ft · steepest grade: 29%5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lakeview 39.23655, -120.00559
Nearest town Brockway Vista, CA
Directions
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Powerline & Saddle
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,145 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 6,838–7,362 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Lakeview · 39.23655, -120.00559
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 82°F / low 44° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start on Lakeview, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Saddle, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Powerline, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Beaver Street Extension, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 150 ftReach Saddle, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Powerline, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear left onto Saddle, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Lakeview, heading S.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
81% dirt19% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 82°F44°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV8Humidity18%
Hourly temperature
85°40°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue
83°61°
Wed
84°59°
Thu
88°59°
Fri
88°60°
Sat
88°60°
Sun
89°58°
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