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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Incline Flume Trail–Old Mount Rose Highway, 3 sights

6 mi · ▲ 1,535 ft · 2 hr 46 min

Incline Flume Trail–Old Mount Rose Highway, 3 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 1,535 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,408 – 8,334 ft · steepest grade: 22%6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Mount Rose Highway 39.26857, -119.93607
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV
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Incline Flume Trail–Old Mount Rose Highway, 3 sights

6 mi · ▲ 1,535 ft · 2 hr 46 min

Elevation 7,410–8,332 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Old Mount Rose Highway · 39.26857, -119.93607

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 79°F / low 53° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Old Mount Rose Highway, heading N.
  2. 1.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftSharp right onto Tyrol Ridge, heading SE.
  5. 1.4 miTurn right onto Incline Flume Trail, heading S.
  6. 50 ftReach Old Mount Rose Highway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 100 ftTurn left onto Tyrol Ridge, heading SE.
  8. 1.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  10. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading N.
  11. 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  12. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/incline-flume-trail-old-mount-rose-highway-out-back-3-sights-10-km-de94

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

ClearTemperature 79°F53°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity27%
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 6:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue 80°60°
Wed 82°59°
Thu 87°57°
Fri 87°57°
Sat 87°58°
Sun 87°56°

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