Upper Mountain Viewpoint–Lake Tahoe, 3 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Homewood, CA. The route passes Lake Tahoe before reaching Upper Mountain Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 1,011 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,237 – 7,192 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Evergreen 39.07944, -120.16011
Nearest town Homewood, CA
Directions
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Upper Mountain Viewpoint–Lake Tahoe, 3 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 1,011 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 6,238–7,191 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Evergreen · 39.07944, -120.16011
Weather Aug 3: Mostly clear, high 85°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Evergreen, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto West Shore Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Lake Tahoe.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Cedar Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach Upper Mountain Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto West Shore Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 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
93% dirt5% paved2% unspecified
Weather
Mostly clearTemperature 85°F50°
Precip0%Wind11 mphUV8Humidity18%
Hourly temperature
85°50°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue
86°62°
Wed
85°59°
Thu
82°58°
Fri
82°59°
Sat
82°60°
Sun
82°58°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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