Lakeview Ridge Trail–Mount Watson Boulevard, 5 sights is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Heights, CA. It climbs 1,534 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,792 – 8,327 ft · steepest grade: 26%9.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mount Watson Boulevard 39.22493, -120.14857
Nearest town Carnelian Heights, CA
Directions
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Lakeview Ridge Trail–Mount Watson Boulevard, 5 sights
8.8 mi · ▲ 1,534 ft · 3 hr 42 min
Elevation 6,793–8,328 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Mount Watson Boulevard · 39.22493, -120.14857
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
- Start on Mount Watson Boulevard, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Watson Peak Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Cedar Flat Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Lakeview Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Cedar Flat Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Watson Peak Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Watson Peak Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading NE.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
92% dirt7% paved1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM
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