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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 1,447 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7,363 – 7,760 ft9.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27195, -119.97375
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Old Mount Rose Highway

8.7 mi · ▲ 1,447 ft · 3 hr 37 min

Elevation 7,364–7,761 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.27195, -119.97375

Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 67°F / low 46° · precip 3% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 6:59 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 1 miSharp right, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miBear left onto Blackjack, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  16. 150 ftTurn left onto Lunar, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  18. 0.5 miBear right onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading S.
  19. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  20. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  21. 0.5 miBear left onto Lunar, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  24. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  25. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  26. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  27. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  28. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  29. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  30. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading SW.
  31. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  32. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  33. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  34. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
  35. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  36. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  37. 50 ftArrive 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

OvercastTemperature 67°F46°
Precip3%Wind6 mphUV6Humidity37%
Hourly temperature
70°45°
Sunrise 6:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:59 PM
Wed 66°49°
Thu 71°48°
Fri 62°42°
Sat 67°41°
Sun 53°32°
Mon 60°28°

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