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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto Captain Pomin Trail, heading S.
  3. 500 ftBear left, heading SE.
  4. 0.6 miSharp right onto Old Highway 50, heading S.
  5. 1.2 miReach Old Highway 50, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  7. 0.6 miBear right onto Captain Pomin Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

93% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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