1. Start on Incline Lake Road, heading NE.
2. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
3. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
4. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
5. 0.6 miTurn right onto Third Creek Pond, heading NE.
6. 50 ftPass Third Creek Pond.
7. 0.1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail (RelayPeak), heading W.
8. 1.4 miTurn right, heading W.
9. 0.6 miReach Mount Houghton, then turn around and head back the way you came.
10. 2 miTurn right onto Third Creek Pond, heading E.
11. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
12. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
13. 0.9 miBear left, heading SE.
14. 0.4 miTurn right onto Incline Lake Road, heading S.
15. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mount-houghton-third-creek-pond-out-back-3-lakes