AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes
2015-10-31 14 25 23 View toward Lake Tahoe from the Mount Rose Trail about 0.3 miles northwest of Mount Rose Summit, Nevada.jpg
Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Incline Flume Trail–Third Creek Trail, 3 sights

12.4 mi · ▲ 2,320 ft · 5 hr 18 min

Incline Flume Trail–Third Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 12.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 2,320 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,720 – 9,243 ft · steepest grade: 24%12.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rest Stop to Relay 39.31323, -119.89742
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV
Google Maps Apple Maps

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Incline Flume Trail–Third Creek Trail, 3 sights

12.4 mi · ▲ 2,320 ft · 5 hr 18 min

Elevation 7,721–9,243 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Rest Stop to Relay · 39.31323, -119.89742

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 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. 50 ftSharp right onto Tyrol Ridge, heading NE.
  14. 1.4 miTurn right onto Incline Flume Trail, heading S.
  15. 100 ftReach Third Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 100 ftTurn left onto Tyrol Ridge, heading SE.
  17. 1.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  19. 300 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
  20. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  21. 300 ftTurn left onto Third Creek Trail, heading SW.
  22. 1.2 miSharp right onto Gray Lake Trail, heading N.
  23. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  25. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
  26. 1.5 miBear left, heading E.
  27. 150 ftContinue straight onto Tamarack Lake Trail, heading E.
  28. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail (RelayPeak), heading E.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tamarack Lake Trail, heading E.
  30. 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/third-creek-trail-out-back

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Other ways to reach this destination

More from Rest Stop to Relay Trailhead

Hikes near Tyrolian Village, Nevada