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Old Mount Rose Highway via Old Tannenbaum Grade is a 2-mile out-and-back in Galena Creek Regional Park near Sundown Town, NV. It climbs 496 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,847 – 7,349 ft · steepest grade: 23%2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.34460, -119.86122
Nearest town Sundown Town, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway via Old Tannenbaum Grade

2 mi · ▲ 496 ft · 55 min

Elevation 6,847–7,348 ft

Out & Back · Galena Creek Regional Park

Trailhead: 39.34460, -119.86122

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 85°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto Old Tannenbaum Grade, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miReach Old Mount Rose Highway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  9. 450 ftSharp right onto Old Tannenbaum Grade, heading NE.
  10. 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

100% dirt

Weather

ClearTemperature 85°F61°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity14%
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 6:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Wed 85°60°
Thu 88°57°
Fri 89°58°
Sat 89°59°
Sun 87°58°
Mon 86°57°

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