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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Mount Rose Highway Loop

2.5 mi · ▲ 672 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Old Mount Rose Highway Loop is a 2.5-mile loop in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 672 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,494 – 8,160 ft · steepest grade: 25%2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lunar 39.28025, -119.94601
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV
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Old Mount Rose Highway Loop

2.5 mi · ▲ 672 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Elevation 7,492–8,159 ft

Loop · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Lunar · 39.28025, -119.94601

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  5. 300 ftSharp right onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading S.
  6. 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
  8. 0.5 miBear left onto Lunar, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  10. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  11. 450 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/old-mount-rose-highway-loop

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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