Old Mount Rose Highway is a 10.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 1,972 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi7,363 – 8,534 ft · steepest grade: 21%12.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27195, -119.97375
Nearest town Incline Village, NV
Directions
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Old Mount Rose Highway
10.6 mi · ▲ 1,972 ft · 4 hr 31 min
Elevation 7,364–8,535 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.27195, -119.97375
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 6:59 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Blackjack, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading E.
- 0.8 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 SW.
- 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 W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 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 6:48 AMSunset 6:59 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 2.5 mi · loop · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 2.5 mi · loop · via Old Mount Rose Highway
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- 5.8 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 6.6 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 7 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 8.7 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
More from this trailhead
- Old Mount Rose Highway 8.7 mi · ▲ 1,447 ft
- Old Mount Rose Highway 8.6 mi · ▲ 1,721 ft
- Tyrolean Downhill 9.1 mi · ▲ 1,774 ft
- Blackjack 8.2 mi · ▲ 1,579 ft
- Blackjack 4 mi · ▲ 629 ft
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