4.3 miles
Distance
959 ft
Climb
-183 ft
Descent
00:49:42
Avg time

Tamarack Lake Trail Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Horse
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Mount Rose Meadows
    Incline Village, Nevada
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Green (1 vote)
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T1 Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular in reverse
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #30621 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #69936 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    95 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
    • 5 in Horseback
  • Year Opened
    2018
  • Land Owner
    USFS

Fun and rolling trail with very light gradient and some interesting (small) rock features. Great views at the top, awesome trail for people of all abilities.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Tamarack Lake Trail multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    777 ft
  • Altitude min
    8,165 ft
  • Altitude max
    9,063 ft
  • Altitude start
    8,174 ft
  • Altitude end
    8,950 ft
  • Grade
    3.4%
  • Grade max
    -25.4%
  • Grade min
    39.7%
  • Distance climb
    3 miles
  • Distance down
    3,245 ft
  • Distance flat
    1,693 ft
  • Avg time
    00:49:42
  • Avg reverse time
    00:44:53
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Status:
on Oct 5, 2022
Dry
Avg: 4.55 (7 votes)
Your vote: 0

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      Tamarack Lake Trail Trail Reports

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      Oct 5, 2022 @ 1:52pm
      Oct 5, 2022
      Aug 6, 2022 @ 5:20pm
      Aug 6, 2022
      		 riding great after the rain
      Jun 9, 2022 @ 10:35am
      Jun 9, 2022
      		 Now unridable just above the lake. Three patches below it; rode through two of them. Upper portion still needs a couple weeks.
      Jun 5, 2022 @ 3:32pm
      Jun 5, 2022
      		 Unridable just below Tamarack Lake, 2.5mi from the lot across from the ski area. Significant snow from the lake to the junction with Mt. Rose trail.
      Jun 6, 2021 @ 6:28pm
      Jun 6, 2021
      		 Minor snow patches that are rideable.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 86 rides
      • 16 miles avg distance
      All
      • 612 rides
      • Last: Oct 11, 2022

      Technical Trail Features (TTF)

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      4 Reviews & Comments

      • + 0
      tpnewsk (Jun 17, 2020 at 7:35)
      A few snow drifts up top but passable, rest of the trail in good condition
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      • + 0
      roranges (Jun 6, 2020 at 17:09)
      Mostly dry from the start to the lake. Still some snow drifts to slog through towards the top.
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      • + 0
      Sixnutts (May 29, 2020 at 6:48)
      Top half us still snow packed.
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      • + 0
      hucklow (Jul 14, 2019 at 23:42)
      Top half is still covered in snow
      [Reply]





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