Granlibakken Wilderness Trail–Truckee River Bike Trail, 3 sights is an 11.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Comstock Acres, CA. It climbs 367 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,116 – 6,421 ft12.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Granlibakken Wilderness Trail 39.15798, -120.15484
Nearest town Comstock Acres, CA
Directions
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Granlibakken Wilderness Trail–Truckee River Bike Trail, 3 sights
11.6 mi · ▲ 367 ft · 4 hr 3 min
Elevation 6,116–6,423 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Granlibakken Wilderness Trail · 39.15798, -120.15484
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NW.
- 2.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Fir Crags Road, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Western States, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Western States, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Fir Crags Road, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 2.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading SW.
- 50 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
80% paved19% dirt1% boardwalk
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Truckee River Bike Trail
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via Truckee River Bike Trail
- 3.3 mi · out & back · via Truckee River Bike Trail
- 6.8 mi · out & back · via Truckee River Bike Trail
- 7.2 mi · out & back · via Truckee River Bike Trail
- 8.5 mi · out & back · via Truckee River Bike Trail
- 8.7 mi · out & back · via Truckee River Bike Trail
- 8.8 mi · out & back · via Truckee River Bike Trail
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