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Old Mount Rose Highway is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 1,948 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,936 – 8,534 ft · steepest grade: 25%10.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26321, -119.96155
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

8.8 mi · ▲ 1,948 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Elevation 6,937–8,535 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.26321, -119.96155

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 82°F / low 49° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right onto Blackjack, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  6. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  11. 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading W.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading E.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
  18. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  19. 0.9 miBear left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  22. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading S.
  23. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  25. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
  26. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  29. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  30. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  31. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  32. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading S.
  33. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  34. 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 82°F49°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity26%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue 82°61°
Wed 83°58°
Thu 87°58°
Fri 87°59°
Sat 87°59°
Sun 88°57°

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