1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
2. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NE.
4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
5. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
6. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Western States Trail, heading NW.
7. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
9. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
11. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
12. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
13. 0.6 miBear left onto World Cup Trail, heading SW.
14. 50 ftBear right onto Western States Trail, heading SW.
15. 1 miBear right, heading W.
16. 0.2 miTurn right onto Thunder Mountain Trail, heading SW.
17. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
18. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
19. 0.4 miSharp right onto Old Tram Road Trail, heading SW.
20. 1 miReach Western States Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
21. 1 miSharp left, heading E.
22. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
23. 0.3 miTurn left onto Thunder Mountain Trail, heading NE.
24. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
25. 0.1 miBear left onto Western States Trail, heading S.
26. 1 miBear left onto World Cup Trail, heading SE.
27. 50 ftBear right onto Western States Trail, heading SE.
28. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
29. 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
30. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
31. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
32. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
33. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
34. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
35. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading E.
36. 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
37. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
38. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
39. 50 ftArrive 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-tram-road-trail-out-back-18-km