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Blackjack is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 2,461 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,578 – 7,760 ft · steepest grade: 26%12.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27713, -119.95049
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV

Directions

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Blackjack

10.9 mi · ▲ 2,461 ft · 4 hr 52 min

Elevation 6,578–7,761 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.27713, -119.95049

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  3. 350 ftSharp left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  5. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  9. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
  10. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  17. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  18. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  23. 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
  24. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  25. 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  26. 0.9 miSharp right, heading NW.
  27. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  28. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  29. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  30. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  31. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  32. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  33. 200 ftBear left, heading S.
  34. 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
  35. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  36. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  37. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  38. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  39. 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  40. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  41. 1 miSharp right, heading N.
  42. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  43. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  44. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  45. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  46. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  47. 350 ftSharp left, heading E.
  48. 150 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

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