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
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Mule Deer Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Gunmount North Road, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Meyers Multipitch, heading S.
- 0.6 miReach Mule Deer Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Gunmount North Road, heading N.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Mule Deer Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 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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