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Blackjack is a 10.2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 2,595 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,578 – 7,760 ft · steepest grade: 26%10.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26321, -119.96155
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

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Blackjack

10.2 mi · ▲ 2,595 ft · 4 hr 42 min

Elevation 6,578–7,761 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.26321, -119.96155

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.6 miSharp left onto Blackjack, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  5. 100 ftSharp right, heading W.
  6. 1.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  13. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  16. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  19. 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
  20. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  21. 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  22. 0.9 miSharp right, heading NE.
  23. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  24. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  26. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  27. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  28. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  29. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  30. 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
  31. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  32. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  33. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  34. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  35. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
  36. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  37. 1.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  38. 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
  39. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  40. 0.6 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

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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