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Blackjack is an 8.2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 1,579 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7,363 – 8,160 ft · steepest grade: 24%9.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27195, -119.97375
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

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Blackjack

8.2 mi · ▲ 1,579 ft · 3 hr 31 min

Elevation 7,364–8,159 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.27195, -119.97375

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 1 miSharp right, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miBear left onto Blackjack, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  16. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
  20. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  24. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  25. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  26. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  27. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  28. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  29. 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  30. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
  31. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  32. 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 surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:00 PM

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