Tamarack Lake & Old Sky Tavern Singletrack via Tamarack Lake Trail
6.6 mi · ▲ 1,419 ft · 2 hr 55 min
Tamarack Lake & Old Sky Tavern Singletrack via Tamarack Lake Trail is a 6.6-mile out-and-back near Sundown Town, NV. The route reaches Tamarack Lake at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It climbs 1,419 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tamarack Lake & Old Sky Tavern Singletrack via Tamarack Lake Trail
6.6 mi · ▲ 1,419 ft · 2 hr 55 min
Elevation 7,661–8,829 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: High Fives Trail · 39.33533, -119.87335
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 81°F / low 57° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lower Skyline, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Skyline DH, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto College Boy, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Old Sky Tavern Singletrack, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Tamarack Lake Trail, heading S.
- 1.6 miReach Tamarack Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Sky Tavern Singletrack, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 350 ftSharp right onto College Boy, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Skyline DH, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lower Skyline, heading S.
- 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from High Fives Trail Trailhead
- College Boy 1.9 mi · ▲ 520 ft
- College Boy 1.9 mi · ▲ 542 ft
- Tamarack Lake Trail 2 mi · ▲ 578 ft
- High Fives Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 573 ft
- High Fives Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 595 ft
- Tamarack Lake Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 631 ft
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