Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Grist Mill Road

8.8 mi · ▲ 1,929 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Old Grist Mill Road is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 1,929 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,418 – 8,363 ft · steepest grade: 16%9.3 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

8.8 mi · ▲ 1,929 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Elevation 6,417–8,364 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. 150 ftTurn right onto Kings Beach Trail, heading S.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  13. 1 miTurn right, heading N.
  14. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
  15. 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  18. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  20. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  21. 0.8 miSharp right, heading SW.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  23. 1 miBear left onto Kings Beach Trail, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  25. 150 ftBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  27. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  29. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  30. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  31. 0.3 miSharp left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading E.
  32. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  33. 300 ftTurn right onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading SE.
  34. 0.1 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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