Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Star Lake–High Meadows Road, 3 sights
12.9 mi · ▲ 2,586 ft · 5 hr 36 min
Star Lake–High Meadows Road, 3 sights is a 12.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fountain Place, CA. The route reaches Star Lake at the turnaround, 6.4 miles in. It climbs 2,586 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Star Lake–High Meadows Road, 3 sights
12.9 mi · ▲ 2,586 ft · 5 hr 36 min
Elevation 6,621–9,117 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: High Meadows Trailhead · 38.89558, -119.94828
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 84°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on High Meadows Road, heading E.
- 2.4 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 N.
- 2.4 miArrive 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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More from High Meadows Trailhead Trailhead
- High Meadows Spur Trail–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 195 ft
- Powerline Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- High Meadows OHV Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 243 ft
- Cold Creek Trail Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 422 ft
- Lower Cold Creek Trail–Lower Cold Creek, 3 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 334 ft
- High Meadows Road 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,308 ft
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