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Old Mount Rose Highway is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 1,810 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,241 – 8,534 ft · steepest grade: 21%10.2 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

8.7 mi · ▲ 1,810 ft · 3 hr 48 min

Elevation 7,242–8,535 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. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading E.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
  21. 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  22. 0.9 miBear left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading S.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  24. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  25. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading S.
  26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  28. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
  29. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  30. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  31. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  32. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  33. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  34. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  35. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading W.
  36. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  37. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  38. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  39. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  40. 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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