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| | Hitting the backcountry trails is always an exciting thing to do, and Burnside Lake Trail in Alpine County, California is a fine selection. Each great outdoors trail in California is well worth a trek. This part of California has a glorious deal of available outdoors activities. The number of trails in this vicinity is not very high. You'll have got to go far from Gardnerville Ranchos to get to Burnside Lake Trail, but It's always fun to backcountry trek here. Burnside Lake Trail gets much water; during the month of January you get the most snow around |
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here while July is the month with the least amount of precipitation. Throughout the summer at Burnside Lake Trail highs are usually in the 70's. Once the sun is down it plunges down to the 40's. Daytime highs during the wintertime are in the 30's; nighttime lows during the wintertime
| | for Burnside Lake Trail tend to be in the 10's. The total elevation difference for Burnside Lake Trail is 2,762 feet which is a higher than average number. Burnside Lake Trail goes through some very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the backpacking trail could be very different from other parts of it. These backcountry trails here in the Northern Sierra Nevada are a really delightful way to spend quality time in the fresh air. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. Burnside Lake Trail is a two ended | |
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wilderness hiking trail with two trailheads, so if you can get a ride from someone, you can hike it just one way. This area does get very dry sometimes, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. You should count on
this backcountry hike taking about 5.5 hours, but of course some folks walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. Burnside Lake Trail is 6.8 miles long it's a mid length walk. Burnside Lake Trail is a normal length backcountry trail with very little uphill walking involved which
makes this a very tough trail for advanced backcountry walkers looking for a great challenge. This is a long great outdoors trail, so don't forget to pack enough supplies. California has plenty of good great outdoors trails, and one of those is Burnside Lake Trail in Alpine County.
Here in California backcountry trekking is so much fun.
Briefly about the general area:
Carson River - East Fork has a magnificent whitewater paddling spot nearby, and a journey to Soda Spring will fill your spirit with brilliant feelings. Burnside Lake Trail beyond
doubt is in the middle of a gorgeous outdoors paradise. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Burnside Lake Trail has to offer, you can camp at Toiyabe Campground, and paddling on Carson River - East Fork is so much fun.
There's so much to do here at Burnside Lake
Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Crystal Springs Campground is a magnificent site for that; you could always explore Millberry Canyon. That right there is plenty of amusing stuff already but it goes on, the Northern Sierra Nevada has it all. Places like Charity Valley
are delightful to check out, and do put some time aside to spend at Grover Hot Springs if you're here at Burnside Lake Trail. You're sure to bump into some great people from Gardnerville Ranchos here, and let's not forget Charity Valley Creek which is a stream that you may run
into during your stay.
You'll in fact wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the exciting things in the Northern Sierra Nevada. Sawmill Creek flows through this neighborhood.
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Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 38.7011, Longitude -119.839
- - Directions and Road Map
Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 38.7137, Longitude -119.8894
- - Directions and Road Map
Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 3.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.1 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
3.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
2 hours
Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 3.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 0 miles
Difficulty : Easy
Casual Hiking Pace:
2 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
1 hours
| | Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 6.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.1 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
5.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
3.5 hours
Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 6.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.1 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
5.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
3.5 hours
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Total elevation difference: 2762 feet
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| These outdoors activities are available near Burnside Lake Trail. |
| | Trails Near Burnside Lake Trail:
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Charity Valley Trail, Alpine
County
, 1 miles away, 4.5 hiking miles, 2275 feet elevation difference |
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Pacific Crest Trail - section 13,
County
, 9 miles away, 66 hiking miles, 3818 feet elevation difference |
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Hawley Grade Trail, El Dorado
County
, 12 miles away, 1.8 hiking miles, 920 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Burnside Lake Trail:
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Carson River - East Fork, Alpine County
County
, 7 miles away, Class II - 20 miles long (Hangman's Bridge to Gardnerville) |
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Carson River - East Fork, Alpine County
County
, 9 miles away, Class III - 7.3 miles long (Cave Rock to Hangman's Bridge) |
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Carson River - East Fork, Alpine County
County
, 10 miles away, Class II - 20 miles long (Hangman's Bridge to CA-NV border) |
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| | Hotels Near Burnside Lake Trail:
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Harvest Inn-St Helena, Napa Valley, Saint Helena
, 13 miles away |
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, 14 miles away |
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Ridge Tahoe, The, Stateline
, 14 miles away |
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Lodge At Lake Tahoe, The (Vri), South Lake Tahoe
, 14 miles away |
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Americana Village, South Lake Tahoe
, 15 miles away |
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