Gray Lake–Allison Ridge, 4 sights is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Brockway Vista, CA. The route reaches Gray Lake at the turnaround, 8 miles in. It climbs 4,678 ft, with sections as steep as 43% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,546 – 9,443 ft · steepest grade: 43%17.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.25007, -119.99610
Nearest town Brockway Vista, CA
Directions
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Gray Lake–Allison Ridge, 4 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 4,678 ft · 7 hr 42 min
Elevation 6,546–9,441 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.25007, -119.99610
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:00 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Allison Ridge, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Rose Knob Peak, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Rose Knob Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Gray Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Rose Knob Peak, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Allison Ridge, heading SE.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
92% dirt8% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:00 PM
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