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Old Mount Rose Highway is a 10-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 2,468 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7,084 – 8,291 ft · steepest grade: 28%11.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26175, -119.97826
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

10 mi · ▲ 2,468 ft · 4 hr 34 min

Elevation 7,083–8,290 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.26175, -119.97826

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 82°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  6. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  8. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  9. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  12. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  17. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  19. 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miBear left onto Blackjack, heading S.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  22. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  23. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  24. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  26. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  27. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  28. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
  29. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
  30. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NW.
  31. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  32. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  33. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  34. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  35. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  36. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  37. 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
  38. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  39. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  40. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  41. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  42. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  43. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  44. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading SW.
  45. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  46. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  47. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  48. 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  49. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  50. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  51. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  52. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  53. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  54. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  55. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  56. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  57. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  58. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  59. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  60. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  61. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  62. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  63. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  64. 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

ClearTemperature 82°F52°
Precip0%Wind8 mphUV8Humidity21%
Hourly temperature
85°50°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue 83°61°
Wed 84°58°
Thu 87°58°
Fri 86°58°
Sat 87°59°
Sun 88°57°

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