Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Beaver Street Extension
8.7 mi · ▲ 2,380 ft · 4 hr 5 min
Beaver Street Extension is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 2,380 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,418 – 8,577 ft · steepest grade: 25%9.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Old Grist Mill Road 39.24690, -120.02505
Nearest town Wood Vista, CA
Directions
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Beaver Street Extension
8.7 mi · ▲ 2,380 ft · 4 hr 5 min
Elevation 6,417–8,576 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Old Grist Mill Road · 39.24690, -120.02505
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start on Old Grist Mill Road, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Beaver Street Extension, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto 16N54, heading N.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Beaver Street Extension, heading S.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading S.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
66% dirt34% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM
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More from Old Grist Mill Road Trailhead
- Chipmunk via Old Grist Mill Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 345 ft
- Old Grist Mill Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 447 ft
- Beaver Street Extension 3.4 mi · ▲ 741 ft
- Beaver Street Extension Loop 3.5 mi · ▲ 744 ft
- Old Grist Mill Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 450 ft
- Beaver Tail Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 450 ft
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