Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Mount Rose Highway

4.4 mi · ▲ 1,079 ft · 2 hr

Old Mount Rose Highway is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 1,079 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,454 – 8,534 ft · steepest grade: 20%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lunar 39.27935, -119.94612
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

4.4 mi · ▲ 1,079 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 7,453–8,535 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Lunar · 39.27935, -119.94612

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

  1. Start on Lunar, heading N.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  4. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
  11. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 0.9 miBear left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  15. 300 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SW.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  18. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lunar, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 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

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