Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Old Grist Mill Road
3.9 mi · ▲ 430 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Old Grist Mill Road is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 430 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,493 – 6,880 ft · steepest grade: 15%4.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lake Vista Road 39.25885, -120.02988
Nearest town Wood Vista, CA
Directions
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Old Grist Mill Road
3.9 mi · ▲ 430 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 6,493–6,881 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Lake Vista Road · 39.25885, -120.02988
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start on Lake Vista Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Mini DH, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Chipmunk, heading SW.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Mini DH, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive 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
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2 mi · out & back · via Old Grist Mill Road
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- 5.3 mi · out & back · via Old Grist Mill Road
More from Lake Vista Road Trailhead
- Beaver Street Extension 2.5 mi · ▲ 374 ft
- Beaver Street Extension 2.7 mi · ▲ 318 ft
- Lake Vista Road 3.1 mi · ▲ 472 ft
- Lake Vista Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 363 ft
- Old Grist Mill Road 3.8 mi · ▲ 710 ft
- Beaver Tail Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 762 ft
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