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Blackjack is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 2,188 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,575 – 7,760 ft · steepest grade: 27%9.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blackjack 39.27102, -119.96273
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

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Blackjack

8.8 mi · ▲ 2,188 ft · 4 hr 2 min

Elevation 6,576–7,760 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Blackjack · 39.27102, -119.96273

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start on Blackjack, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  4. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  12. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
  18. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  19. 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  20. 0.9 miSharp right, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  22. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  25. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  27. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  28. 100 ftBear left, heading S.
  29. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  30. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  31. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  32. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  33. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
  34. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  35. 1 miSharp right, heading N.
  36. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  37. 350 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

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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