Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Grist Mill Road

7.6 mi · ▲ 1,111 ft · 3 hr 5 min

Old Grist Mill Road is a 7.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 1,111 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,418 – 7,038 ft8.1 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

7.6 mi · ▲ 1,111 ft · 3 hr 5 min

Elevation 6,417–7,039 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. 1.1 miSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  15. 450 ftBear right, heading W.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  17. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  20. 450 ftSharp left, heading E.
  21. 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
  22. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  24. 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading E.
  25. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  26. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  27. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  29. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  30. 0.3 miSharp left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SW.
  31. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  32. 300 ftTurn right onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading SW.
  33. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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