AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Spring Meyer Road

6 mi · ▲ 684 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Spring Meyer Road is a 6-mile out-and-back near Gardnerville Ranchos, NV. It climbs 684 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi4,892 – 5,256 ft · steepest grade: 16%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 38.87813, -119.73100
Nearest town Gardnerville Ranchos, NV
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Spring Meyer Road

6 mi · ▲ 684 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Elevation 4,891–5,256 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: connector · 38.87813, -119.73100

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 100 ftBear left, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  7. 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  9. 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
  11. 0.5 miSharp left, heading S.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left onto Spring Meyer Road, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
  16. 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 1 miBear left, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 400 ftBear right, heading N.
  21. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  22. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  24. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  25. 150 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/spring-meyer-road-out-back-10-km-6e02

Trail surface

62% dirt38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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