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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Sugar Pine/ Stanford Rock Connector & Ward Creek Trail

4 mi · ▲ 862 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Sugar Pine/ Stanford Rock Connector & Ward Creek Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Timberland, CA. It climbs 862 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,385 – 6,808 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.3 mi

Getting there

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

4 mi · ▲ 862 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 6,384–6,808 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 miContinue straight onto Stanford Rock Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.6 miBear left onto Ward Creek Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.7 miReach Sugar Pine/ Stanford Rock Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.7 miBear right onto Stanford Rock Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sugar Pine/ Stanford Rock Connector, heading E.
  8. 0.7 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-ward-creek-trail-out-back-6-km-6e83

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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