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Lunch Creek Nordic
California
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
2.5 mi
Distance
1,210 ft
Gain
1h 16m
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.
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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
Out & back
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Lunch Creek Nordic
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,210 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,210 ft
- Highest point
- 7,257 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,514 ft
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Lunch Creek Nordic is a 4.94-mile out-and-back trail in California with 1,210 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 7,257 feet.
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