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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Mount Rose Highway

12 mi · ▲ 2,518 ft · 5 hr 16 min

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
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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 Sep 22: Overcast, high 66°F / low 48° · precip 2% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 6:59 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  3. 0.7 miBear left, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  7. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  12. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miBear left onto Blackjack, heading N.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  18. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  19. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  24. 150 ftTurn left onto Lunar, heading E.
  25. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  26. 0.5 miBear right onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SE.
  27. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  28. 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
  29. 0.5 miBear left onto Lunar, heading N.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  31. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  32. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  33. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  34. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  35. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  36. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  37. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  38. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading S.
  39. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  40. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  41. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  42. 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  43. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
  44. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  45. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  46. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  47. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  48. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  49. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  50. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  51. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  52. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  53. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/old-mount-rose-highway-out-back-18-km-d2f5

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

OvercastTemperature 66°F48°
Feels like46°Precip2%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity47%
Hourly temperature
70°45°
Sunrise 6:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:59 PM
Wed 68°51°
Thu 72°49°
Fri 63°43°
Sat 66°43°
Sun 57°31°
Mon 64°32°

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