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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Blackjack, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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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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- Allison Ridge 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,978 ft
- Jennifer 4.3 mi · ▲ 706 ft
- Blackjack 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,554 ft
- Blackjack 6.8 mi · ▲ 1,696 ft
- Old Mount Rose Highway 7 mi · ▲ 1,423 ft
- Tyrolean Downhill 7.3 mi · ▲ 1,750 ft
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