Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Grist Mill Road

6.6 mi · ▲ 750 ft · 2 hr 34 min

Old Grist Mill Road is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 750 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,418 – 6,880 ft7.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Grist Mill Road 39.24690, -120.02505
Nearest town Wood Vista, CA

Directions

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Old Grist Mill Road

6.6 mi · ▲ 750 ft · 2 hr 34 min

Elevation 6,417–6,881 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Old Grist Mill Road · 39.24690, -120.02505

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

  1. Start on Old Grist Mill Road, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 300 ftBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading W.
  4. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  5. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading S.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  11. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  13. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  22. 200 ftBear left, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  24. 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
  25. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  27. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  28. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  29. 0.3 miSharp left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SE.
  30. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  31. 300 ftTurn right onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading E.
  32. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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