1. Start on Watson Creek Road, heading SW.
2. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
3. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
4. 250 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Watson Lake), heading S.
5. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading S.
6. 3.4 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Painted Rock North), heading W.
7. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Alternate), heading W.
8. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
9. 150 ftTurn left onto Deer Creek Road, heading W.
10. 300 ftTurn right onto Valley View Spur, heading W.
11. 450 ftTurn right onto S.S. Wallternate, heading S.
12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Upper Missing Link, heading W.
13. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
14. 200 ftBear left onto Lower Missing Link, heading S.
15. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
16. 0.3 miBear right onto Cinder Cone, heading W.
17. 250 ftReach Tahoe Rim Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
18. 250 ftBear left onto Lower Missing Link, heading W.
19. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
20. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
21. 200 ftBear left onto Upper Missing Link, heading NE.
22. 50 ftContinue straight onto S.S. Wallternate, heading NE.
23. 0.2 miTurn left onto Valley View Spur, heading NW.
24. 450 ftTurn left onto Deer Creek Road, heading NW.
25. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
26. 150 ftBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Alternate), heading SE.
27. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Painted Rock South), heading E.
28. 1.5 miBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
29. 3.4 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Watson Lake), heading NW.
30. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
31. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
32. 0.4 miBear left onto Watson Creek Road, heading W.
33. 450 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/watson-lake-watson-lake-out-back-25-km-4b34