Tamarack Lake–Atoma Road, 3 sights is a 14.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. The route reaches Tamarack Lake. It climbs 2,347 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi8,107 – 9,243 ft · steepest grade: 21%15.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Old Mount Rose Highway 39.28380, -119.93445
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV
Directions
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Tamarack Lake–Atoma Road, 3 sights
14.6 mi · ▲ 2,347 ft · 6 hr 2 min
Elevation 8,107–9,243 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
- Start on Old Mount Rose Highway, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Third Creek Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Gray Lake Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Tamarack Lake Trail, heading E.
- 1 miPass Tamarack Lake.
- 2.2 miSharp right onto Atoma Road, heading N.
- 500 ftReach Tamarack Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftSharp left onto Tamarack Lake Trail, heading SE.
- 3.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Gray Lake Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Third Creek Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SW.
- 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:00 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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