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Old Mount Rose Highway is a 7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 1,423 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,936 – 7,714 ft7.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26321, -119.96155
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

7 mi · ▲ 1,423 ft · 3 hr 3 min

Elevation 6,937–7,713 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.26321, -119.96155

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 82°F / low 49° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right onto Blackjack, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  6. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  11. 150 ftTurn left onto Lunar, heading E.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  13. 0.5 miBear right onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading E.
  14. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  16. 0.5 miBear left onto Lunar, heading N.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  18. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  22. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  23. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  24. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  25. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading SW.
  26. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  27. 0.5 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

ClearTemperature 82°F49°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity26%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue 82°61°
Wed 83°58°
Thu 87°58°
Fri 87°59°
Sat 87°59°
Sun 88°57°

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