AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Mud Lake Road

4.6 mi · ▲ 602 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Mud Lake Road is a 4.6-mile out-and-back near Gardnerville Ranchos, NV. It climbs 602 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi4,908 – 5,289 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.88018, -119.72601
Nearest town Gardnerville Ranchos, NV
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Mud Lake Road

4.6 mi · ▲ 602 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 4,908–5,288 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 38.88018, -119.72601

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  3. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
  7. 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Mud Lake Road, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miReach Mud Lake Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 1.1 miBear right, heading N.
  13. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  16. 350 ftSharp right, heading N.
  17. 0.2 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/mud-lake-road-out-back-7-km-5eca

Trail surface

71% dirt29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:03 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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