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Blackjack is a 13-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 3,161 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,565 – 8,134 ft · steepest grade: 24%14.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Mount Rose Highway 39.28380, -119.93445
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV

Directions

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Blackjack

13 mi · ▲ 3,161 ft · 5 hr 55 min

Elevation 6,564–8,135 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Old Mount Rose Highway · 39.28380, -119.93445

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Old Mount Rose Highway, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  4. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  9. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  14. 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  21. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  22. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  24. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  26. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  27. 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
  28. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  29. 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  30. 0.9 miSharp right, heading N.
  31. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  32. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  33. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  34. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  35. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  36. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  37. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  38. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  39. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  40. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  41. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  42. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  43. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
  44. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  45. 1 miSharp right, heading S.
  46. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  47. 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  48. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  49. 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
  50. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  51. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  52. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  53. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  54. 0.7 miSharp right, heading N.
  55. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading N.
  56. 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 6:47 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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