Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
William Kent Beach & Granlibakken Wilderness Trail via Tahoe Rim Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 829 ft · 1 hr 37 min
William Kent Beach & Granlibakken Wilderness Trail via Tahoe Rim Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Comstock Acres, CA. The route reaches William Kent Beach. It climbs 829 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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William Kent Beach & Granlibakken Wilderness Trail via Tahoe Rim Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 829 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 6,295–6,921 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Granlibakken Wilderness Trail · 39.15798, -120.15484
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 84°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach William Kent Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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