1. Start on Old Mount Rose Highway, heading W.
2. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
3. 300 ftTurn left onto Third Creek Trail, heading W.
4. 1.2 miSharp right onto Gray Lake Trail, heading NE.
5. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
7. 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
8. 1.5 miBear left, heading NE.
9. 150 ftSharp left onto Tamarack Lake Trail, heading E.
10. 1 miPass Tamarack Lake.
11. 2.2 miSharp right onto Atoma Road, heading N.
12. 500 ftReach Tamarack Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
13. 500 ftSharp left onto Tamarack Lake Trail, heading SE.
14. 3.2 miSharp right, heading S.
15. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
16. 1.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
17. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
18. 0.3 miTurn right onto Gray Lake Trail, heading S.
19. 250 ftSharp left onto Third Creek Trail, heading S.
20. 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
21. 300 ftBear left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SW.
22. 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-3-lakes-16-km