Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Grist Mill Road

9.9 mi · ▲ 1,527 ft · 4 hr 4 min

Old Grist Mill Road is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoe Marina Estates, CA. It climbs 1,527 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,510 – 6,989 ft10.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24231, -120.07537
Nearest town Tahoe Marina Estates, CA

Directions

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Old Grist Mill Road

9.9 mi · ▲ 1,527 ft · 4 hr 4 min

Elevation 6,509–6,989 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.24231, -120.07537

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Regency Extension, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
  10. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  12. 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading E.
  13. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  17. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
  18. 0.3 miSharp left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading E.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  20. 250 ftTurn left onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading S.
  21. 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  22. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  23. 250 ftBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  25. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
  26. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  27. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  28. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  29. 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading NW.
  30. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  31. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  32. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  33. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  34. 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  35. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  36. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  37. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  38. 0.1 miTurn right onto Regency Extension, heading SW.
  39. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  40. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  41. 0.6 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

94% dirt6% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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