Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Mount Rose Highway

2.4 mi · ▲ 389 ft · 1 hr

Old Mount Rose Highway is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 389 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi8,143 – 8,534 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Mount Rose Highway 39.28380, -119.93445
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

2.4 mi · ▲ 389 ft · 1 hr

Elevation 8,142–8,535 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Old Mount Rose Highway · 39.28380, -119.93445

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
  7. 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.9 miBear left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  11. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading W.
  12. 450 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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