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Cold Creek Trail to High Meadows route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
California

Cold Creek Trail to High Meadows

South Lake Tahoe, California

7.9 mi

Distance

1,860 ft

Elev. Gain

3h 20m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Cold Creek Trail to High Meadows unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:1,934 ft
Max:2,377 ft
Gain:567 ft
Loss:567 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1,934 ft and 2,377 ft across 7.9 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1,934 ft2,082 ft2,229 ft2,377 ft0.0 mi2.0 mi4.0 mi6.0 mi7.9 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,934 ft
High point3.8 mi2,377 ft
End7.9 mi1,934 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
South Lake Tahoe, CA · in or next to town
County:
El Dorado County, CA

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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