Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Powerline Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 280 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Powerline Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Bijou Park, CA. It climbs 280 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,480 – 6,631 ft4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Powerline Trail 38.93309, -119.94969
Nearest town Bijou Park, CA
Directions
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Powerline Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 280 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 6,480–6,630 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Powerline Trail · 38.93309, -119.94969
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 83°F / low 41° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Start on Powerline Trail, heading SW.
- 2.4 miReach Powerline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 83°F41°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV8Humidity23%
Hourly temperature
85°40°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue
85°60°
Wed
87°57°
Thu
92°58°
Fri
91°60°
Sat
91°61°
Sun
92°58°
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Powerline Trail Trailhead
- Powerline Alternate Loop via Powerline Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 227 ft
- High Meadows Spur Trail–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 5 sights 8.7 mi · ▲ 798 ft
- High Meadows OHV Trail–Incense Cedar, 5 sights 14.3 mi · ▲ 1,388 ft
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