Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Old Highway 50
4 mi · ▲ 878 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Old Highway 50 is a 4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Glenbrook, NV. It climbs 878 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,464 – 7,215 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.10165, -119.91276
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV
Directions
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Old Highway 50
4 mi · ▲ 878 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 6,463–7,215 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.10165, -119.91276
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Captain Pomin Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Old Highway 50, heading S.
- 1.2 miReach Old Highway 50, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Captain Pomin Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 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
93% dirt7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM
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