Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Sawmill Pond–Gunmount Trail, 4 sights
13.4 mi · ▲ 1,093 ft · 5 hr 1 min
Sawmill Pond–Gunmount Trail, 4 sights is a 13.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Camp Richardson, CA. The route reaches Sawmill Pond. It climbs 1,093 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sawmill Pond–Gunmount Trail, 4 sights
13.4 mi · ▲ 1,093 ft · 5 hr 1 min
Elevation 6,245–6,660 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 38.93291, -120.03835
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 83°F / low 43° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Sand Harbor, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Lake Tahoe Boulevard Bike Path, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Sawmill Pond.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Mule Deer Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Gunmount North Road, heading SW.
- 1.3 miReach Sawmill Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Mule Deer Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Lake Tahoe Boulevard Bike Path, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Panther, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Sand Harbor, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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