Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Old Grist Mill Road
7.9 mi · ▲ 996 ft · 3 hr 8 min
Old Grist Mill Road is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 996 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Old Grist Mill Road
7.9 mi · ▲ 996 ft · 3 hr 8 min
Elevation 6,493–7,014 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail · 39.25856, -120.06450
Weather Sep 5: Partly cloudy, high 58°F / low 38° · precip 3% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Mini DH, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Chipmunk, heading S.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Mini DH, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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