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Big Boulder Trail
California
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
3.6 mi
Distance
3,293 ft
Gain
2h 29m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Tahoe National Forest
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No access route mapped
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Why you'll love it
Through-trail
Big climb
Out & back
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Big Boulder Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 3.6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,293 ft
- Elevation loss
- 3,293 ft
- Highest point
- 6,491 ft
- Lowest point
- 4,614 ft
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- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Big Boulder Trail is a 7.2-mile out-and-back hike in California with 3,293 feet of elevation gain and loss, reaching a maximum elevation of 6,491 feet.
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