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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Chipmunk via Old Grist Mill Road

2 mi · ▲ 284 ft · 49 min

Chipmunk via Old Grist Mill Road is a 2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kings Beach, CA. It climbs 284 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,375 – 6,657 ft · steepest grade: 16%2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24353, -120.02186
Nearest town Kings Beach, CA
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Chipmunk via Old Grist Mill Road

2 mi · ▲ 284 ft · 49 min

Elevation 6,376–6,656 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.24353, -120.02186

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Chipmunk, heading SE.
  4. 0.4 miReach Chipmunk, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 250 ftTurn right onto Mini DH, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading N.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 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/chipmunk-out-back-3-km-c595

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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