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County Road 315–Ophir Creek Trail, 5 sights is a 14.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 2,699 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,467 – 8,613 ft · steepest grade: 22%15.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Mount Rose Highway 39.28380, -119.93445
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV

Directions

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County Road 315–Ophir Creek Trail, 5 sights

14.6 mi · ▲ 2,699 ft · 6 hr 13 min

Elevation 6,467–8,612 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Old Mount Rose Highway · 39.28380, -119.93445

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miBear right onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading NE.
  5. 450 ftContinue straight onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading SE.
  7. 100 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Trail, heading E.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Upper Tyrolian Trail, heading E.
  10. 400 ftBear right onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Trail, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Trail, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Entrance Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.7 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail Connector, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.1 miBear left onto Ophir Creek Trail, heading E.
  19. 2.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto County Road 315, heading E.
  21. 2.7 miReach Upper Tyrolian Bypass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 2.7 miTurn left onto Ophir Creek Trail, heading N.
  23. 2.7 miBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
  24. 0.1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail Connector, heading SW.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left onto Upper Tyrolian Entrance Trail, heading NW.
  26. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading S.
  27. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Trail, heading S.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading S.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Trail, heading S.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading S.
  31. 0.1 miBear left onto Upper Tyrolian Trail, heading SW.
  32. 400 ftBear left onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading S.
  33. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Trail, heading S.
  34. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading S.
  35. 150 ftTurn right onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading SW.
  36. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading SW.
  37. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
  38. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  39. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading S.
  40. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

58% dirt2% other40% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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