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Old Mount Rose Highway is a 12-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 2,688 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7,084 – 8,534 ft · steepest grade: 24%13.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26414, -119.98091
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

12 mi · ▲ 2,688 ft · 5 hr 21 min

Elevation 7,084–8,535 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.26414, -119.98091

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 82°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  6. 200 ftBear left, heading N.
  7. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  12. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  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 miSharp left, heading N.
  24. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SE.
  25. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SE.
  26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  27. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading NE.
  29. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  30. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SE.
  31. 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  32. 0.9 miBear left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading S.
  33. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  34. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  35. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading S.
  36. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  37. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  38. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  39. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  40. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  41. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  42. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  43. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  44. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  45. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading W.
  46. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  47. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  48. 1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  49. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  50. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  51. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  52. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  53. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  54. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  55. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  56. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  57. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  58. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  59. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  60. 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

ClearTemperature 82°F52°
Precip0%Wind8 mphUV8Humidity21%
Hourly temperature
85°50°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue 83°61°
Wed 84°58°
Thu 87°58°
Fri 86°58°
Sat 87°59°
Sun 88°57°

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