Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Old Grist Mill Road
7.2 mi · ▲ 757 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Old Grist Mill Road is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 757 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,493 – 6,880 ft · steepest grade: 17%7.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.25615, -120.06019
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA
Directions
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Old Grist Mill Road
7.2 mi · ▲ 757 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Elevation 6,493–6,881 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.25615, -120.06019
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 83°F / low 46° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading E.
- 100 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 S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Chipmunk, heading S.
- 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Mini DH, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading NW.
- 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.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
91% dirt9% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 83°F46°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity18%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue
84°61°
Wed
85°56°
Thu
88°56°
Fri
88°57°
Sat
88°57°
Sun
89°55°
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