AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Saxon Creek Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 575 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Saxon Creek Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Meyers, CA. It climbs 575 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,391 – 6,723 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.84745, -120.01615
Nearest town Meyers, CA
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Saxon Creek Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 575 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Elevation 6,391–6,722 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 38.84745, -120.01615

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Saxon Creek Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.8 miReach Saxon Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.9 miBear left, heading SW.
  10. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 0.2 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/saxon-creek-trail-out-back-7-km-ceae

Trail surface

93% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 8:09 PM

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