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

  1. Start on Lakeview, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right onto Saddle, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  4. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  5. 350 ftSharp left, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  9. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Powerline, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Beaver Street Extension, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  16. 150 ftReach Saddle, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Powerline, heading SE.
  20. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  22. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  24. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  26. 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
  27. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  28. 200 ftBear left onto Saddle, heading SW.
  29. 0.3 miSharp left onto Lakeview, heading S.
  30. 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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