Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Old Mount Rose Highway
2.4 mi · ▲ 389 ft · 1 hr
Old Mount Rose Highway is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 389 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi8,143 – 8,534 ft2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Old Mount Rose Highway 39.28380, -119.93445
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV
Directions
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Old Mount Rose Highway
2.4 mi · ▲ 389 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 8,142–8,535 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
- Start on Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
- 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading W.
- 450 ftArrive 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
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.5 mi · loop · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 2.5 mi · loop · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 5.6 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 5.8 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 6.6 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 7 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 8.7 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 8.8 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
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