Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Mount Rose Highway

3.8 mi · ▲ 1,307 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Old Mount Rose Highway is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 1,307 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,130 – 8,291 ft · steepest grade: 31%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27211, -119.95231
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

3.8 mi · ▲ 1,307 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 7,130–8,290 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.27211, -119.95231

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  4. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  9. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  12. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  13. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  15. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  17. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  18. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  19. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  22. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  24. 0.3 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

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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