Quail Lake & Lake Tahoe via Cedar Ridge Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back near Homewood, CA. The route passes Lake Tahoe before reaching Quail Lake at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 989 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,240 – 6,841 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: West Shore Trail 39.08594, -120.16056
Nearest town Homewood, CA
Directions
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Quail Lake & Lake Tahoe via Cedar Ridge Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 989 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 6,239–6,842 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: West Shore Trail · 39.08594, -120.16056
Weather Aug 3: Mostly clear, high 85°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Lake Tahoe.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cedar Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Homeward Bound, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Sunnyside Loop, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Quail Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Homeward Bound, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Cedar Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.4 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
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Mostly clearTemperature 85°F50°
Precip0%Wind1 mphUV8Humidity28%
Hourly temperature
85°50°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue
86°62°
Wed
85°59°
Thu
82°58°
Fri
82°59°
Sat
82°60°
Sun
82°58°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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