Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Third Creek Pond & Third Creek Trail via Tyrolean Downhill
13.1 mi · ▲ 2,993 ft · 5 hr 52 min
Third Creek Pond & Third Creek Trail via Tyrolean Downhill is a 13.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. The route reaches Third Creek Pond at the turnaround, 6.5 miles in. It climbs 2,993 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Third Creek Pond & Third Creek Trail via Tyrolean Downhill
13.1 mi · ▲ 2,993 ft · 5 hr 52 min
Elevation 6,835–9,384 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.25430, -119.92343
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 83°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading NE.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Tyrolean Downhill Shortcut, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading N.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Third Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Gray Lake Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miReach Third Creek Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Third Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 300 ftBear left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading NE.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Tyrolean Downhill Shortcut, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading SE.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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