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Old Mount Rose Highway is a 9.2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 1,750 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7,363 – 8,534 ft · steepest grade: 21%10.8 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

9.2 mi · ▲ 1,750 ft · 3 hr 57 min

Elevation 7,364–8,535 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

  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 miSharp left, heading NE.
  12. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading E.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  18. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
  19. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  20. 0.9 miBear left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading S.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  22. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  23. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading S.
  24. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  25. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  26. 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
  27. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  28. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  29. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  30. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  31. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  32. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  33. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading W.
  34. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  35. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  36. 0.8 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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