Upper Mountain Viewpoint via Cedar Ridge Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Homewood, CA. The route reaches Upper Mountain Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 974 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,316 – 7,192 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.09478, -120.16598
Nearest town Homewood, CA
Directions
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Upper Mountain Viewpoint via Cedar Ridge Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 974 ft · 1 hr 53 min
Elevation 6,317–7,191 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.09478, -120.16598
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 84°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Lower Mountain Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Cedar Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Upper Mountain Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Lower Mountain Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.1 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
100% dirt
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 84°F48°
Precip0%Wind11 mphUV8Humidity21%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue
85°61°
Wed
85°58°
Thu
81°58°
Fri
81°59°
Sat
82°59°
Sun
82°58°
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- Lower Mountain Road 2.6 mi · ▲ 604 ft
- Madden Creek 3.8 mi · ▲ 808 ft
- Lake Louise & Lower Mountain Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,514 ft
- Cedar Ridge Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 756 ft
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