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Crooked Lake Trail (horse trail)
California
California
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0.5 mi
Distance
408 ft
Gain
18 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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Why you'll love it
Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back
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Crooked Lake Trail (horse trail)
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 408 ft
- Elevation loss
- 408 ft
- Highest point
- 7,075 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,844 ft
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Crooked Lake Trail is a 1.08-mile out-and-back horse trail in California with 408 feet of elevation gain and loss. The route reaches a maximum elevation of 7,075 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 6,844 ft
- High point
- 7,075 ft
- Total climbing
- 408 ft
- Total descent
- 408 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 21% grade right from the start
- Length (round trip)
- 1.1 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Most of the climbing comes early, so the second half is easier.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
When to go
Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Sagehen Creek, CA weather station, 20 mi away. High / low in °F.
- Jan40° high15° low
- Feb41° high15° low
- Mar48° high19° low
- Apr53° high22° low
- May62° high28° low
- Jun72° high32° low
- Jul80° high37° low
- Aug79° high35° low
- Sep73° high31° low
- Oct61° high24° low
- Nov49° high20° low
- Dec39° high14° low
Where it is
- Yuba River Ranger District · Ranger district
- Tahoe National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Tahoe National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:
information · posted Oct 5, 2026
fire-restriction · posted Sep 28, 2026
information · posted Sep 25, 2026
Hoke Valley- Forest Road 860-07 (17E11 Trail) Closed
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Highway 20 Area Camping Restrictions
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Camping and Campfire Restrictions-Truckee and Sierraville Districts
fire-restriction · posted Aug 24, 2026
Sierraville Ranger District Trail Closure
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
14-day Camping Occupancy Restrictions
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Lindsey LakeHiking0.5 mi
- Bowman MountainHiking0.6 mi
- Island Lake BouldersRock climbing1.9 mi
- Jackson CreekCamping2.1 mi
- Carr LakeCamping2.4 mi
- Larry LandRock climbing2.5 mi
- Canyon CreekCanoeing2.7 mi
- East Fork CreekCanoeing4.3 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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