Old Mount Rose Highway is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 1,285 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,241 – 7,714 ft · steepest grade: 21%7.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26409, -119.96925
Nearest town Incline Village, NV
Directions
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Old Mount Rose Highway
6.9 mi · ▲ 1,285 ft · 2 hr 57 min
Elevation 7,242–7,713 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.26409, -119.96925
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 79°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Blackjack, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Lunar, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
- 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Lunar, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.5 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
100% dirt
Weather
ClearTemperature 79°F56°
Precip0%Wind9 mphUV8Humidity24%
Hourly temperature
80°55°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue
80°61°
Wed
81°56°
Thu
85°56°
Fri
85°57°
Sat
85°57°
Sun
86°55°
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- Blackjack 2.2 mi · ▲ 467 ft
- Blackjack 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,443 ft
- Blackjack 6.3 mi · ▲ 1,528 ft
- Blackjack 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,417 ft
- Old Mount Rose Highway 6.7 mi · ▲ 1,559 ft
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