Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Incline Flume Trail

12.3 mi · ▲ 1,141 ft · 4 hr 40 min

Incline Flume Trail is a 12.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 1,141 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7,510 – 8,334 ft · steepest grade: 15%12.7 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Incline Flume Trail

12.3 mi · ▲ 1,141 ft · 4 hr 40 min

Elevation 7,511–8,335 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 NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miBear right onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading NE.
  5. 450 ftContinue straight onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading SE.
  6. 1.1 miTurn left onto Tyrolean Downhill Shortcut, heading SE.
  7. 300 ftBear right onto Incline Flume Trail, heading S.
  8. 4.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 4.6 miBear left onto Tyrolean Downhill Shortcut, heading N.
  10. 300 ftTurn right onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading N.
  11. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading NE.
  12. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  14. 300 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading N.
  15. 450 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 7:00 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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