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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Cinder Cone Spur–Cinder Cone Loop, 5 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 1,186 ft · 2 hr

Cinder Cone Spur–Cinder Cone Loop, 5 sights is a 4.2-mile loop in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 1,186 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,158 – 7,290 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail 39.19637, -120.19853
Nearest town Alpine Meadows, CA
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Cinder Cone Spur–Cinder Cone Loop, 5 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 1,186 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 6,158–7,291 ft

Loop · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail · 39.19637, -120.19853

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Western States, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miSharp left onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miBear left onto Cinder Cone, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Deer Creek Road, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Valley View Spur, heading SE.
  10. 450 ftTurn right onto S.S. Wallternate, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Upper Missing Link, heading W.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  13. 200 ftBear left onto Lower Missing Link, heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 0.3 miSharp right onto Cinder Cone, heading NW.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Lower Missing Link, heading SW.
  17. 0.3 miBear left onto Western States, heading S.
  18. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading W.
  19. 50 ftThe loop closes 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/cinder-cone-spur-loop

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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