Old Mount Rose Highway is a 12-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 2,518 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi6,772 – 7,760 ft · steepest grade: 25%13.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26034, -119.96449
Nearest town Incline Village, NV
Directions
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Old Mount Rose Highway
12 mi · ▲ 2,518 ft · 5 hr 16 min
Elevation 6,773–7,761 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.26034, -119.96449
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 SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Blackjack, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Lunar, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SE.
- 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Lunar, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive 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°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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- Blackjack 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,700 ft
- Beaver Tail Trail & Old Powerline 10.6 mi · ▲ 2,673 ft
- Blackjack 11.5 mi · ▲ 2,650 ft
- Old Mount Rose Highway 11.8 mi · ▲ 2,792 ft
- Tyrolean Downhill 12.3 mi · ▲ 2,845 ft
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