Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Grist Mill Road

10.8 mi · ▲ 1,545 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Old Grist Mill Road is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoe Marina Estates, CA. It climbs 1,545 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,493 – 6,989 ft11.5 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Old Grist Mill Road

10.8 mi · ▲ 1,545 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Elevation 6,493–6,989 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.24231, -120.07537

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 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 miBear left, heading S.
  17. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading E.
  18. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  19. 250 ftTurn left onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mini DH, heading SE.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left onto Chipmunk, heading E.
  22. 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  23. 250 ftTurn right onto Mini DH, heading S.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading S.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 250 ftBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading N.
  27. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  28. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  29. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
  30. 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading NW.
  31. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  32. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  33. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  34. 200 ftBear right, heading W.
  35. 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  36. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  37. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  38. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  39. 0.1 miTurn right onto Regency Extension, heading SW.
  40. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  41. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  42. 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 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Other ways to reach this destination

More from this trailhead