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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Beaver Tail Trail & Chipmunk via Old Grist Mill Road

2 mi · ▲ 198 ft · 46 min

Beaver Tail Trail & Chipmunk via Old Grist Mill Road is a 2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It is mostly level, with 198 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,401 – 6,572 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24910, -120.03002
Nearest town Wood Vista, CA
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Beaver Tail Trail & Chipmunk via Old Grist Mill Road

2 mi · ▲ 198 ft · 46 min

Elevation 6,403–6,571 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.24910, -120.03002

Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 83°F / low 45° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  4. 250 ftBear right onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  6. 300 ftTurn left onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftSharp right onto Chipmunk, heading NE.
  8. 0.5 miReach Beaver Tail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.5 miSharp left onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading NW.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 250 ftBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  13. 250 ftSharp right, heading W.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  15. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/beaver-tail-trail-chipmunk-out-back-3-km-243d

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

OvercastTemperature 83°F45°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV8Humidity17%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue 84°63°
Wed 85°60°
Thu 89°60°
Fri 89°61°
Sat 89°61°
Sun 90°59°

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