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
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Blackjack, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 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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