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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail–Third Creek Trail, 5 sights

15.7 mi · ▲ 2,422 ft · 6 hr 27 min

Tahoe Rim Trail–Third Creek Trail, 5 sights is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 2,422 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi8,107 – 9,243 ft · steepest grade: 20%16.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rest Stop to Relay 39.31323, -119.89742
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV
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Tahoe Rim Trail–Third Creek Trail, 5 sights

15.7 mi · ▲ 2,422 ft · 6 hr 27 min

Elevation 8,107–9,243 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Rest Stop to Relay · 39.31323, -119.89742

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Tamarack Lake Trail, heading S.
  2. 300 ftContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail (RelayPeak), heading SW.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tamarack Lake Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
  5. 1.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Gray Lake Trail, heading S.
  8. 250 ftSharp left onto Third Creek Trail, heading W.
  9. 1.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 300 ftBear left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miBear right onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading E.
  14. 450 ftContinue straight onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading NE.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Trail, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftBear right onto Upper Tyrolian Trail, heading NE.
  19. 400 ftBear right onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Trail, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Trail, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading N.
  24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Entrance Trail, heading N.
  25. 0.7 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail Connector, heading NE.
  26. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  27. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  28. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  29. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  30. 0.8 miReach Third Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  31. 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  32. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  33. 0.6 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail Connector, heading SW.
  34. 0.2 miTurn left onto Upper Tyrolian Entrance Trail, heading W.
  35. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading SW.
  36. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Trail, heading SW.
  37. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading SW.
  38. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Trail, heading SW.
  39. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading SW.
  40. 0.1 miBear left onto Upper Tyrolian Trail, heading SW.
  41. 400 ftBear left onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading S.
  42. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Trail, heading S.
  43. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Tyrolian Bypass, heading S.
  44. 150 ftTurn right onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading SW.
  45. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading SW.
  46. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
  47. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  48. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading S.
  49. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  50. 350 ftTurn left onto Third Creek Trail, heading S.
  51. 1.2 miSharp right onto Gray Lake Trail, heading NE.
  52. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  53. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  54. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  55. 1.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  56. 150 ftContinue straight onto Tamarack Lake Trail, heading S.
  57. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail (RelayPeak), heading NE.
  58. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tamarack Lake Trail, heading NE.
  59. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/tamarack-lake-tamarack-lake-out-back-24-km

Trail surface

84% dirt2% other14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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