Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Grist Mill Road

7.8 mi · ▲ 1,113 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Old Grist Mill Road is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kings Beach, CA. It climbs 1,113 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,414 – 7,038 ft8.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24538, -120.02436
Nearest town Kings Beach, CA

Directions

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Old Grist Mill Road

7.8 mi · ▲ 1,113 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Elevation 6,415–7,039 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.24538, -120.02436

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  3. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 300 ftBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading W.
  7. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  14. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  16. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
  17. 1.1 miSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  18. 450 ftBear right, heading W.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  20. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  21. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  22. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  23. 450 ftSharp left, heading N.
  24. 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
  25. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  26. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  27. 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading E.
  28. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  29. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  30. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  31. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  32. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  33. 0.3 miSharp left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SW.
  34. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  35. 250 ftTurn right onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading SW.
  36. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  37. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  38. 300 ftBear right, heading E.
  39. 50 ftArrive 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

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