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Jennifer via Old Mount Rose Highway is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 641 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,408 – 7,766 ft · steepest grade: 34%3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Mount Rose Highway 39.26857, -119.93607
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV

Directions

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Jennifer via Old Mount Rose Highway

3.6 mi · ▲ 641 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Elevation 7,410–7,766 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. 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
  3. 0.5 miBear left onto Lunar, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  7. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miBear left onto Jennifer, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftReach Jennifer, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Lunar, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading S.
  16. 1.1 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

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°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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