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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

  1. Start on Old Mount Rose Highway, heading N.
  2. 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
  3. 0.5 miBear left onto Lunar, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  7. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  10. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  11. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
  15. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  17. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  20. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  22. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  23. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  25. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  28. 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
  29. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
  30. 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  31. 0.9 miSharp right, heading N.
  32. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  33. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  34. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  35. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  36. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  37. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  38. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  39. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  40. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  41. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  42. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  43. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  44. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
  45. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  46. 1 miSharp right, heading N.
  47. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  48. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  49. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  50. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  51. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  52. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  53. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  54. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  55. 150 ftTurn left onto Lunar, heading NE.
  56. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  57. 0.5 miBear right onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading N.
  58. 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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