Tamarack Lake & Blue Basin Road via Sunset Lake Road is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA. The route reaches Tamarack Lake. It climbs 579 ft. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi7,819 – 8,143 ft5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Tamarack Loop G 38.61915, -119.90955
Nearest town Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA
Directions
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Tamarack Lake & Blue Basin Road via Sunset Lake Road
4.9 mi · ▲ 579 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Elevation 7,818–8,143 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Tamarack Loop G · 38.61915, -119.90955
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 78°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tamarack Loop G, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Sunset Lake Road, heading SE.
- 1 miPass Tamarack Lake.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Blue Basin Road, heading W.
- 0.9 miReach Tamarack Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Sunset Lake Road, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Tamarack Loop G, heading NW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
57% dirt43% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 78°F50°
Precip0%Wind11 mphUV9Humidity20%
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:09 PM
Tue
79°57°
Wed
83°53°
Thu
83°55°
Fri
84°56°
Sat
83°56°
Sun
83°55°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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