Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Old Mount Rose Highway
4.6 mi · ▲ 1,059 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Old Mount Rose Highway is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 1,059 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,412 – 8,291 ft · steepest grade: 25%5.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Blackjack 39.27102, -119.96273
Nearest town Incline Village, NV
Directions
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Old Mount Rose Highway
4.6 mi · ▲ 1,059 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 7,413–8,290 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Blackjack · 39.27102, -119.96273
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 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
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 2.5 mi · loop · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 2.5 mi · loop · via Old Mount Rose Highway
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- 5.8 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 7 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 8.7 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 8.8 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
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- Old Mount Rose Highway 6.6 mi · ▲ 1,311 ft
- Blackjack 8.8 mi · ▲ 2,188 ft
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