Blackjack is an 11.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 2,482 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,578 – 7,760 ft · steepest grade: 24%12.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lunar 39.28025, -119.94601
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV
Directions
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Blackjack
11.1 mi · ▲ 2,482 ft · 4 hr 56 min
Elevation 6,578–7,761 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Lunar · 39.28025, -119.94601
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 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
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Incline Flume Trail 14.2 mi · ▲ 1,791 ft
- Incline Flume Trail 14.2 mi · ▲ 1,830 ft
- Blackjack 11.2 mi · ▲ 2,468 ft
- Upper Tyrolian Bypass–Upper Tyrolian Entrance Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,177 ft
- Old Mount Rose Highway 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,039 ft
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