Tamarack Lake & Third Creek Pond via Tamarack Lake Trail is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. The route passes Third Creek Pond before reaching Tamarack Lake at the turnaround, 5.2 miles in. It climbs 1,639 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi8,560 – 9,403 ft · steepest grade: 23%10.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Incline Lake Road 39.30028, -119.92212
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV · Official trailhead info (fs.usda.gov)
Directions
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Tamarack Lake & Third Creek Pond via Tamarack Lake Trail
10.5 mi · ▲ 1,639 ft · 4 hr 19 min
Elevation 8,560–9,404 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Incline Lake Road · 39.30028, -119.92212
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 76°F / low 54° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Incline Lake Road, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Third Creek Pond, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Third Creek Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail (RelayPeak), heading NE.
- 2.4 miTurn left onto Tamarack Lake Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miReach Tamarack Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail (RelayPeak), heading SW.
- 2.4 miTurn left onto Third Creek Pond, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Incline Lake Road, heading S.
- 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
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 76°F54°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity17%
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Wed
78°55°
Thu
83°52°
Fri
83°53°
Sat
83°54°
Sun
82°53°
Mon
81°52°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Incline Lake Road Trailhead
- Third Creek Pond via Incline Lake Road 4.1 mi · ▲ 823 ft
- Mud Lake & Gray Lake Trail via Tahoe Rim Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,180 ft
- Incline Meadow–Incline Lake Creek, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 658 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail (RelayPeak) 7.1 mi · ▲ 1,034 ft
- Mount Houghton & Third Creek Pond via Tahoe Rim Trail (RelayPeak) 8.1 mi · ▲ 1,912 ft
- Third Creek Pond & Tahoe Rim Trail 8.7 mi · ▲ 2,180 ft
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