AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tucker Flat & Saxon Creek Trail

11.6 mi · ▲ 2,456 ft · 5 hr 6 min

Tucker Flat & Saxon Creek Trail is an 11.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Meyers, CA. The route reaches Tucker Flat at the turnaround, 5.8 miles in. It climbs 2,456 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,372 – 8,823 ft · steepest grade: 23%11.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 38.86815, -119.98975
Nearest town Meyers, CA
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Tucker Flat & Saxon Creek Trail

11.6 mi · ▲ 2,456 ft · 5 hr 6 min

Elevation 6,373–8,824 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: connector · 38.86815, -119.98975

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  4. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Saxon Creek Trail, heading S.
  5. 5.2 miReach Tucker Flat, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 5.7 miBear right, heading N.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/tucker-flat-out-back-19-km-4e2b

Trail surface

90% dirt10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:09 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Other ways to reach this destination

Hikes near Meyers, California