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Old Mount Rose Highway is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 2,251 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7,005 – 7,760 ft · steepest grade: 22%11.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26041, -119.97766
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

10.3 mi · ▲ 2,251 ft · 4 hr 34 min

Elevation 7,005–7,761 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.26041, -119.97766

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.2 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 N.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  12. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  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 S.
  22. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  23. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  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 miBear right, heading N.
  29. 150 ftTurn left onto Lunar, heading NE.
  30. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  31. 0.5 miBear right onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
  32. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  33. 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
  34. 0.5 miBear left onto Lunar, heading N.
  35. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  36. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  37. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  38. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  39. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  40. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  41. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  42. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  43. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading S.
  44. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  45. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  46. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  47. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  48. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  49. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  50. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  51. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  52. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  53. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  54. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  55. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  56. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  57. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  58. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  59. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  60. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  61. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  62. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  63. 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

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:00 PM

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