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Blackjack is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 2,478 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7,038 – 8,160 ft · steepest grade: 28%12.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26180, -119.97052
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Blackjack

10.5 mi · ▲ 2,478 ft · 4 hr 44 min

Elevation 7,037–8,159 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.26180, -119.97052

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  12. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  14. 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miBear left onto Blackjack, heading N.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  18. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  19. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  24. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  25. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  27. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  28. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  29. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  30. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  31. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  32. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  33. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  34. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  35. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  36. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  37. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  38. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  39. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  40. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  41. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  42. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  43. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  44. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  45. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  46. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  47. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  48. 0.3 miArrive 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 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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