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 Aug 3: Clear, high 80°F / low 57° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Blackjack, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Lunar, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading E.
- 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 W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 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
ClearTemperature 80°F57°
Precip0%Wind9 mphUV8Humidity19%
Hourly temperature
80°55°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue
81°61°
Wed
82°57°
Thu
86°57°
Fri
86°58°
Sat
86°58°
Sun
87°56°
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- Blackjack 2.7 mi · ▲ 315 ft
- Blackjack 6.9 mi · ▲ 1,356 ft
- Old Mount Rose Highway 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,498 ft
- Tyrolean Downhill 7.7 mi · ▲ 1,552 ft
- Old Mount Rose Highway 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,750 ft
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