Alpenglow Expeditions
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Bowman Mountain
California
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
4.0 mi
Distance
1,084 ft
Gain
1h 29m
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
Part of Grouse Ridge
Big descent
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Bowman Mountain
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 4.0 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,084 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,597 ft
- Highest point
- 6,897 ft
- Lowest point
- 5,977 ft
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About this trail
Bowman Mountain is a 4.04-mile trail in the Grouse Ridge trail system near California's Forest Service land, gaining 803 feet of elevation.
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
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