Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Star Lake & Star Lake Trail
14 mi · ▲ 2,629 ft · 5 hr 59 min
Star Lake & Star Lake Trail is a 14-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near South Lake Tahoe, CA. The route reaches Star Lake at the turnaround, 7 miles in. It climbs 2,629 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Star Lake & Star Lake Trail
14 mi · ▲ 2,629 ft · 5 hr 59 min
Elevation 6,544–9,117 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 38.89803, -119.95761
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Cold Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Cold Creek Connector, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto High Meadows Road, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Star Lake Trail, heading SE.
- 4.1 miReach Star Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4.1 miTurn left onto High Meadows Road, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Cold Creek Connector, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Cold Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Power Line Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Al Tahoe Connector–College Trail, 4 sights 7.6 mi · ▲ 485 ft
- Monument Pass & Cold Creek Trail via Tahoe Rim Trail 9.8 mi · ▲ 2,352 ft
- High Meadows Road 5.8 mi · ▲ 1,351 ft
- High Meadows OHV Trail & Incense Cedar via Powerline Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- High Meadows Spur Trail–Lower Cold Creek Trail Loop, 3 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 318 ft
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