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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Sugar Pine/ Stanford Rock Connector

3.3 mi · ▲ 804 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Sugar Pine/ Stanford Rock Connector is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Timberland, CA. It climbs 804 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,441 – 7,143 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.12524, -120.16842
Nearest town Timberland, CA
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Sugar Pine/ Stanford Rock Connector

3.3 mi · ▲ 804 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Elevation 6,440–7,143 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.12524, -120.16842

Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 84°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sugar Pine/ Stanford Rock Connector, heading N.
  3. 0.5 miSharp left onto Stanford Rock Trail, heading S.
  4. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Kaspian Rim Trail, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  10. 0.5 miTurn left onto Stanford Rock Trail, heading NE.
  11. 100 ftSharp right onto Sugar Pine/ Stanford Rock Connector, heading N.
  12. 0.8 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/sugar-pine-stanford-rock-connector-out-back-5-km-d04b

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 84°F48°
Precip0%Wind12 mphUV8Humidity19%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue 85°61°
Wed 84°56°
Thu 81°55°
Fri 81°56°
Sat 81°57°
Sun 82°55°

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