Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Scott Peak Road & Scott Peak Trail
11.5 mi · ▲ 1,281 ft · 4 hr 28 min
Scott Peak Road & Scott Peak Trail is an 11.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Twin Peaks Estates, CA. It climbs 1,281 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,782 – 7,796 ft11.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.14044, -120.17133
Nearest town Twin Peaks Estates, CA
Directions
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Scott Peak Road & Scott Peak Trail
11.5 mi · ▲ 1,281 ft · 4 hr 28 min
Elevation 6,782–7,797 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.14044, -120.17133
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Scott Peak Road, heading NE.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Scott Peak Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Scott Peak Road, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach Scott Peak Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Scott Peak Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Scott Peak Road, heading NE.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.6 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
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM
More from this trailhead
- Bear Creek Trail 12.5 mi · ▲ 1,567 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 7.5 mi · ▲ 741 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail (Ward Creek) 4.8 mi · ▲ 694 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 637 ft
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