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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

High Meadows Spur Trail–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 3 sights

2 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 46 min

High Meadows Spur Trail–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fountain Place, CA. It is mostly level, with 195 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,546 – 6,716 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: High Meadows Trailhead 38.89558, -119.94828
Nearest town Fountain Place, CA
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High Meadows Spur Trail–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 3 sights

2 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 46 min

Elevation 6,547–6,717 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: High Meadows Trailhead · 38.89558, -119.94828

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Power Line Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 250 ftBear left onto Powerline Trail, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Powerline Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right onto High Meadows Spur Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Cold Creek Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miSharp left onto Power Line Trail, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  11. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/high-meadows-spur-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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