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Old Mount Rose Highway is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 1,559 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7,241 – 8,291 ft8.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26409, -119.96925
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Old Mount Rose Highway

6.7 mi · ▲ 1,559 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Elevation 7,242–8,290 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Blackjack, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  13. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  14. 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading W.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  18. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  22. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  23. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  25. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  26. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  27. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  28. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  29. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading S.
  30. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  31. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  32. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  33. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  34. 0.4 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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