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Old Mount Rose Highway is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 2,534 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7,044 – 8,291 ft · steepest grade: 17%12.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26180, -119.97052
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

10.7 mi · ▲ 2,534 ft · 4 hr 50 min

Elevation 7,043–8,290 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.26180, -119.97052

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 1 miSharp right, heading N.
  8. 0.1 miBear left onto Blackjack, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  11. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  12. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  16. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  17. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading N.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  20. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  23. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  24. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  25. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
  26. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  29. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  30. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  31. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  32. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading S.
  33. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  34. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  35. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  36. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  37. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  38. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  39. 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
  40. 0.3 miArrive 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

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