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Old Mount Rose Highway is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 927 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 – 7,766 ft · steepest grade: 28%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27713, -119.95049
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

4.6 mi · ▲ 927 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 7,311–7,766 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.27713, -119.95049

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 79°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:11 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 SE.
  13. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 0.4 miSharp right, heading N.
  15. 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 0.3 miSharp right onto Lunar, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  20. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  21. 350 ftBear left, heading S.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  23. 450 ftSharp left, heading W.
  24. 0.1 miArrive 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

ClearTemperature 79°F56°
Precip0%Wind10 mphUV8Humidity23%
Hourly temperature
80°55°
Sunrise 6:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue 80°61°
Wed 81°56°
Thu 85°56°
Fri 85°57°
Sat 85°57°
Sun 86°55°

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