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Old Mount Rose Highway is a 12.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 2,871 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7,038 – 8,534 ft · steepest grade: 28%14.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26180, -119.97052
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

12.9 mi · ▲ 2,871 ft · 5 hr 44 min

Elevation 7,037–8,535 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.26180, -119.97052

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  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 E.
  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 N.
  19. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  24. 0.7 miSharp right, heading E.
  25. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading E.
  26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  27. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading NE.
  29. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  30. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading E.
  31. 0.7 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. 300 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SW.
  36. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  37. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  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 SW.
  43. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  44. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  45. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading W.
  46. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  47. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  48. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  49. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
  50. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  51. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  52. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  53. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  54. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  55. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  56. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  57. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  58. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  59. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  60. 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

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:00 PM

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