Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Grist Mill Road

10.1 mi · ▲ 1,382 ft · 4 hr 3 min

Old Grist Mill Road is a 10.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 1,382 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,493 – 7,189 ft10.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.25765, -120.07569
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA

Directions

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Old Grist Mill Road

10.1 mi · ▲ 1,382 ft · 4 hr 3 min

Elevation 6,493–7,189 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.25765, -120.07569

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
  7. 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  9. 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading E.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  14. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading S.
  15. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  16. 250 ftTurn left onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading SE.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right onto Mini DH, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left onto Chipmunk, heading S.
  19. 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  20. 300 ftTurn right onto Mini DH, heading SW.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading NE.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  23. 250 ftBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  25. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  26. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  27. 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading NW.
  28. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  29. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  30. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  31. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  32. 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  33. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  34. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  35. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  36. 0.4 miArrive 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 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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