Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Beaver Tail Trail & Chipmunk via Old Grist Mill Road

2 mi · ▲ 198 ft · 46 min

Beaver Tail Trail & Chipmunk via Old Grist Mill Road is a 2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It is mostly level, with 198 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,401 – 6,572 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24910, -120.03002
Nearest town Wood Vista, CA

Directions

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Beaver Tail Trail & Chipmunk via Old Grist Mill Road

2 mi · ▲ 198 ft · 46 min

Elevation 6,403–6,571 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.24910, -120.03002

Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 54°F / low 44° · precip 26% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  4. 250 ftBear right onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  6. 300 ftTurn left onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftSharp right onto Chipmunk, heading NE.
  8. 0.5 miReach Beaver Tail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.5 miSharp left onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading NW.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 250 ftBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  13. 250 ftSharp right, heading W.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  15. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 54°F44°
Feels like40°Precip26%Wind7 mphUV5Humidity71%
Rained 0.2″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
55°40° 12 AM: 22% rain1 AM: 20% rain2 AM: 20% rain3 AM: 19% rain4 AM: 16% rain5 AM: 18% rain6 AM: 23% rain7 AM: 26% rain8 AM: 25% rain9 AM: 13% rain10 AM: 13% rain11 AM: 13% rain12 PM: 17% rain1 PM: 8% rain2 PM: 3% rain3 PM: 1% rain4 PM: 1% rain5 PM: 1% rain6 PM: 1% rain7 PM: 1% rain
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:28 PM
Sat 60°43°
Sun 60°41°
Mon 71°40°
Tue 74°47°
Wed 76°54° 16%
Thu 78°56°

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