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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Mount Rose Highway

3.8 mi · ▲ 866 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Old Mount Rose Highway is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 866 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,310 – 7,714 ft · steepest grade: 28%4.3 mi

Getting there

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

3.8 mi · ▲ 866 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 7,311–7,713 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 miBear right, heading E.
  10. 150 ftTurn left onto Lunar, heading E.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  12. 0.5 miBear right onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading S.
  13. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  15. 0.5 miBear left onto Lunar, heading W.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  18. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  22. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  24. 450 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  25. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/old-mount-rose-highway-out-back-6-km-ea3f

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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