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Old Mount Rose Highway is a 12.2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 2,911 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7,034 – 8,291 ft · steepest grade: 22%14.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26338, -119.98422
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

12.2 mi · ▲ 2,911 ft · 5 hr 31 min

Elevation 7,036–8,290 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.26338, -119.98422

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 NW.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  11. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  16. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  17. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  18. 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  19. 0.1 miBear left onto Blackjack, heading S.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  21. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  22. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  23. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  25. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  26. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  27. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
  28. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NW.
  30. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  31. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  32. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  33. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  34. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  35. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  36. 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
  37. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  38. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  39. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  40. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  41. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  42. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  43. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading SW.
  44. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  45. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  46. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  47. 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  48. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  49. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  50. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  51. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  52. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  53. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  54. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  55. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  56. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  57. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  58. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  59. 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
  60. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  61. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  62. 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

98% dirt2% unspecified

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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