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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Grist Mill Road

3.7 mi · ▲ 745 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Old Grist Mill Road is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 745 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,418 – 7,162 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Grist Mill Road 39.24690, -120.02505
Nearest town Wood Vista, CA
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Old Grist Mill Road

3.7 mi · ▲ 745 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 6,417–7,164 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. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 250 ftBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 0.9 miTurn left onto Beaver Street Extension, heading NW.
  6. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  7. 0.5 miSharp left, heading W.
  8. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miSharp left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  12. 300 ftTurn right onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/old-grist-mill-road-out-back-6-km-c2cb

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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