AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Mount Rose Highway

3.6 mi · ▲ 1,139 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Old Mount Rose Highway is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 1,139 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,310 – 8,291 ft · steepest grade: 27%4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27713, -119.95049
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV
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Old Mount Rose Highway

3.6 mi · ▲ 1,139 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 7,311–8,290 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.27713, -119.95049

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  3. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  5. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  10. 0.7 miSharp right, heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  14. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  18. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  22. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  23. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
  24. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  25. 450 ftSharp left, heading W.
  26. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/old-mount-rose-highway-out-back-6-km-68fc

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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