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Old Mount Rose Highway is a 14.2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 3,163 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7,034 – 8,534 ft · steepest grade: 25%16.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26338, -119.98422
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

14.2 mi · ▲ 3,163 ft · 6 hr 19 min

Elevation 7,036–8,535 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.26338, -119.98422

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  11. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  16. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  17. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  18. 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  19. 0.1 miBear left onto Blackjack, heading S.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  21. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  22. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  23. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  25. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  26. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  27. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
  28. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NW.
  30. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  31. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading NE.
  33. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  34. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading E.
  35. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  36. 0.9 miBear left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading N.
  37. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  38. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  39. 300 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading S.
  40. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  41. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  42. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  43. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  44. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  45. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  46. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  47. 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
  48. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
  49. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading SW.
  50. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  51. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  52. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  53. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  54. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
  55. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  56. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  57. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  58. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  59. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  60. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  61. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  62. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  63. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  64. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  65. 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
  66. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  67. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  68. 50 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

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:00 PM

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