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Old Mount Rose Highway is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 1,225 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7,363 – 7,714 ft8.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26902, -119.97025
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

7.4 mi · ▲ 1,225 ft · 3 hr 5 min

Elevation 7,364–7,713 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.26902, -119.97025

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 1.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miBear left onto Blackjack, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  6. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  7. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  12. 150 ftTurn left onto Lunar, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  14. 0.5 miBear right onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading E.
  15. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  17. 0.5 miBear left onto Lunar, heading W.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  19. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  21. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  23. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  24. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  25. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading SW.
  27. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  28. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  29. 0.9 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

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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