Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Gunmount Trail–Meyers Multipitch, 3 sights

12.3 mi · ▲ 1,639 ft · 4 hr 55 min

Gunmount Trail–Meyers Multipitch, 3 sights is a 12.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tallac Village, CA. It climbs 1,639 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,355 – 7,212 ft · steepest grade: 34%13.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.89376, -120.03084
Nearest town Tallac Village, CA

Directions

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Gunmount Trail–Meyers Multipitch, 3 sights

12.3 mi · ▲ 1,639 ft · 4 hr 55 min

Elevation 6,354–7,213 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 38.89376, -120.03084

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 350 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miBear left onto Mule Deer Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.7 miSharp right onto Gunmount North Road, heading S.
  10. 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  15. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 1.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  18. 150 ftTurn right onto Meyers Multipitch, heading S.
  19. 0.6 miReach Mule Deer Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  23. 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  24. 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  26. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
  27. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  28. 250 ftTurn right onto Gunmount North Road, heading N.
  29. 1.3 miSharp left onto Mule Deer Trail, heading NE.
  30. 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
  31. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  33. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  34. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  35. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  36. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  37. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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