1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
2. 0.5 miBear right onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading NE.
3. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Tyrolean Downhill Shortcut, heading N.
4. 100 ftBear right onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading N.
5. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading SW.
6. 450 ftBear left, heading NW.
7. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
8. 300 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SW.
9. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
10. 300 ftTurn left onto Third Creek Trail, heading SW.
11. 1.2 miSharp right onto Gray Lake Trail, heading N.
12. 0.1 miReach Third Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
13. 0.1 miSharp left onto Third Creek Trail, heading NE.
14. 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
15. 300 ftBear left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SW.
16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
17. 300 ftBear left, heading S.
18. 0.2 miBear right onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading NE.
19. 450 ftContinue straight onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading SE.
20. 1.2 miBear left onto Tyrolean Downhill Shortcut, heading S.
21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading SE.
22. 1.3 miBear left, heading S.
23. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/gray-lake-trail-third-creek-trail-out-back-3-sights-16-km