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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 1 miSharp right, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miBear left onto Blackjack, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  16. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading E.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  22. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading E.
  23. 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  24. 0.9 miBear left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading SW.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  26. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  27. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading S.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  29. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  30. 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
  31. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  32. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  33. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  34. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  35. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  36. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  37. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading SW.
  38. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  39. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  40. 1 miTurn right, heading W.
  41. 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  42. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
  43. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  44. 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

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