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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Mount Baldy–16N54, 5 sights

14.3 mi · ▲ 4,571 ft · 7 hr 3 min

Mount Baldy–16N54, 5 sights is a 14.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. The route reaches Mount Baldy. It climbs 4,571 ft, with sections as steep as 43% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7,412 – 9,443 ft · steepest grade: 43%14.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Mount Rose Highway 39.28380, -119.93445
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV
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Mount Baldy–16N54, 5 sights

14.3 mi · ▲ 4,571 ft · 7 hr 3 min

Elevation 7,413–9,441 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Old Mount Rose Highway · 39.28380, -119.93445

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Old Mount Rose Highway, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  4. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miSharp right onto Jennifer, heading SW.
  8. 0.8 miBear right onto Rose Knob Peak, heading NW.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  10. 1.5 miTurn right onto Marlene, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SW.
  12. 1.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miPass Mount Baldy.
  14. 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miBear right onto 16N54, heading N.
  17. 1.1 miReach Mount Baldy, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 1.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  21. 0.7 miSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
  22. 1.3 miBear right onto Marlene, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
  24. 1.5 miTurn right onto Rose Knob Peak, heading E.
  25. 0.4 miBear left onto Jennifer, heading S.
  26. 0.8 miSharp left, heading SE.
  27. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  28. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  29. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
  30. 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
  31. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading W.
  32. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mount-baldy-out-back-25-km-6f67

Trail surface

88% dirt12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.1 mi in (~190 min). Leave by 3:32 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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