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Old Mount Rose Highway is a 13.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 3,043 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,772 – 8,534 ft · steepest grade: 28%15.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26034, -119.96449
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

13.8 mi · ▲ 3,043 ft · 6 hr 7 min

Elevation 6,773–8,535 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.26034, -119.96449

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 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 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 NE.
  27. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading E.
  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 W.
  43. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  44. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  45. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading SW.
  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. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  53. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  54. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  55. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  56. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  57. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  58. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  59. 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
  60. 0.1 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 6:03 AMSunset 8:10 PM

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