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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
  8. 1.3 miTurn left onto Scott Peak Road, heading NE.
  9. 1.6 miTurn right onto Scott Peak Trail, heading E.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Scott Peak Road, heading SE.
  11. 0.4 miReach Scott Peak Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miBear right onto Scott Peak Trail, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Scott Peak Road, heading NE.
  14. 1.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 1.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  16. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
  18. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
  19. 0.5 miSharp right, heading SE.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM

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