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Blackjack is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 1,345 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7,084 – 7,760 ft · steepest grade: 24%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26414, -119.98091
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

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Blackjack

5.4 mi · ▲ 1,345 ft · 2 hr 28 min

Elevation 7,084–7,761 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.26414, -119.98091

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  6. 200 ftBear left, heading N.
  7. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  12. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  14. 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miBear left onto Blackjack, heading N.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  20. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
  21. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  22. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
  23. 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  24. 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  25. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  27. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  28. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  30. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  31. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  32. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  33. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  34. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  35. 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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