AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Mount Rose Highway

4 mi · ▲ 1,034 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Old Mount Rose Highway is a 4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 1,034 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,130 – 7,714 ft · steepest grade: 23%4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27211, -119.95231
Nearest town Incline Village, NV
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Old Mount Rose Highway

4 mi · ▲ 1,034 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Elevation 7,130–7,713 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 miBear right, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftTurn left onto Lunar, heading E.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miBear right onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading S.
  12. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  14. 0.5 miBear left onto Lunar, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  17. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  18. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  20. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  21. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  23. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/old-mount-rose-highway-out-back-6-km-8776

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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