Butcher Ranch Trail

California

California

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1.7 mi

Distance

293 ft

Gain

44 min

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Tahoe National Forest

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

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Trail character

Surface
Singletrack

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Butcher Ranch Trail

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Elevation & route

Distance
1.7 mi
Elevation gain
293 ft
Highest point
6,590 ft
Lowest point
6,305 ft

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About this trail

Butcher Ranch Trail is a 1.74-mile out-and-back singletrack in California with 454 feet of elevation gain. The route follows an easy singletrack through forest terrain and is rated as an IMBA Easy / Green Circle trail.

Permits & access

Managing agency
Forest Service

Facts about this trail

The climb

High point
6,590 ft
Length (round trip)
3.5 mi
Shape
Out and back

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Tahoe National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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Alpenglow Expeditions

Mountain Biking business nearby (~38 mi away) — hasn't claimed their Roamze page yet

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Mountain Biking business nearby (~49 mi away) — hasn't claimed their Roamze page yet

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