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Armstrong Pass Trail #18E09

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 4.7 (11)
  1. Areas
  2. CA
  3. …High Sierra
  4. Lake Tahoe
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Lance Buck
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3.9

Miles

6.2

KM
Singletrack

8,722' 2,658 m

High

7,670' 2,338 m

Low

39' 12 m

Up

1,064' 324 m

Down

5%

Avg Grade (3°)

15%

Max Grade (9°)

Dogs Off-leash

E-Bikes Not Allowed

Snow into the summer.

Description

If you came up the steep Horse Meadows Trail #21566 all the slogging you did to get to the top of the Armstrong Pass Trail #18E09 was worth it. The next 4.0 miles is ripping good singletrack through the woods. Then you pop-out at a small parking area at the top of the Fountain Place Road and hit the Armstrong Connector #18E09A.

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Land Manager: USFS - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Office

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Lance Buck with improvements by Bob Ward
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Trail Ratings

  4.7 from 11 votes

#6

in Lake Tahoe

#1231

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  4.7 from 11 votes
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Trail Rankings

#6

in Lake Tahoe

#107

in California

#1,231

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Climbing Armstong, with Freel Peak in the background.
Jul 16, 2015 near South L…, CA
Climbing Armstong, among the trees and big rocks.
Jul 16, 2015 near South L…, CA
Armstrong Pass Trail Guide.
Sep 23, 2018 near South L…, CA
Intersection of Armstrong and Tahoe Rim Trail
Jul 16, 2015 near South L…, CA

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Aug 14, 2022
Max Ramacher
Sep 22, 2019
Ron F
Lots of fun. For those of us who live at sea level, even easy stuff seems difficult at 9k feet.
Jun 24, 2019
D K
Sep 7, 2018
Nate Herse
Jul 28, 2018
Dave Reed
Gtg 21mi
Jul 22, 2017
April E
Jul 18, 2016
Marc Gerhart
Rode in on TRT from Luther Pass
Jun 13, 2016
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