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Price Lake & Ophir Creek Trail is a 7.5-mile out-and-back near Tyrolian Village, NV. The route reaches Price Lake at the turnaround, 3.8 miles in. It climbs 1,625 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7,215 – 8,731 ft · steepest grade: 23%7.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 39.30732, -119.90802
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV · Official trailhead info (fs.usda.gov)

Directions

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Price Lake & Ophir Creek Trail

7.5 mi · ▲ 1,625 ft · 3 hr 19 min

Elevation 7,214–8,729 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: connector · 39.30732, -119.90802

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 74°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.7 miBear left onto Ophir Creek Trail, heading SE.
  4. 2.7 miSharp left, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miReach Price Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  8. 2.8 miBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 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 surface

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 74°F50°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity22%
Hourly temperature
75°50°
Sunrise 6:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue 76°54°
Wed 77°54°
Thu 82°52°
Fri 83°52°
Sat 83°53°
Sun 82°52°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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