Old Mount Rose Highway is a 13.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 3,053 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi6,565 – 7,760 ft · steepest grade: 23%15.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Old Mount Rose Highway 39.26857, -119.93607
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV
Directions
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Old Mount Rose Highway
13.6 mi · ▲ 3,053 ft · 6 hr 4 min
Elevation 6,564–7,761 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Old Mount Rose Highway · 39.26857, -119.93607
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:00 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Old Mount Rose Highway, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Lunar, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Lunar, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading N.
- 0.4 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
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:00 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Incline Meadow & Incline Lake Creek via Old Mount Rose Highway 5 mi · ▲ 949 ft
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