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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Gray Lake Trail & Third Creek Trail

15.8 mi · ▲ 3,507 ft · 7 hr 1 min

Gray Lake Trail & Third Creek Trail is a 15.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 3,507 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,578 – 8,468 ft · steepest grade: 25%17.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Powerline 39.25518, -119.98701
Nearest town Incline Village, NV
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Gray Lake Trail & Third Creek Trail

15.8 mi · ▲ 3,507 ft · 7 hr 1 min

Elevation 6,578–8,469 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Old Powerline · 39.25518, -119.98701

Weather Aug 5: Mostly clear, high 83°F / low 58° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.9 miSharp right, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  4. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
  10. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  15. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  17. 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  18. 0.1 miBear left onto Blackjack, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  20. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  21. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  22. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  24. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  25. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  26. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
  27. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  28. 0.2 miSharp left onto Third Creek Trail, heading NE.
  29. 1.2 miSharp right onto Gray Lake Trail, heading NE.
  30. 0.1 miReach Third Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  31. 0.1 miSharp left onto Third Creek Trail, heading N.
  32. 1.2 miSharp right, heading S.
  33. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  34. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  35. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  36. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  37. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  38. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  39. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  40. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  41. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading SW.
  42. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  43. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  44. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  45. 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  46. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  47. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  48. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  49. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  50. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  51. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  52. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  53. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  54. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  55. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  56. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  57. 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
  58. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  59. 0.6 miArrive 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/gray-lake-trail-third-creek-trail-out-back-26-km

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 83°F58°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity29%
Hourly temperature
85°55°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:09 PM
Thu 83°62°
Fri 91°60°
Sat 91°61°
Sun 90°61°
Mon 88°61°
Tue 87°60°

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