Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Old Mount Rose Highway
4.8 mi · ▲ 813 ft · 2 hr
Old Mount Rose Highway is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 813 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Old Mount Rose Highway
4.8 mi · ▲ 813 ft · 2 hr
Elevation 7,410–7,713 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Old Mount Rose Highway · 39.26857, -119.93607
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 79°F / low 53° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Old Mount Rose Highway, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Lunar, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Allison connector, heading W.
- 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Blackjack, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Lunar, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SE.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Old Mount Rose Highway Trailhead
- Jennifer via Old Mount Rose Highway 3.6 mi · ▲ 641 ft
- Old Mount Rose Highway–Tyrolian/Tahoe Rim Trail Connector, 4 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,184 ft
- Incline Meadow & Incline Lake Creek via Old Mount Rose Highway 5 mi · ▲ 949 ft
- Incline Flume Trail–Old Mount Rose Highway, 3 sights 6 mi · ▲ 1,535 ft
- Incline Meadow–Incline Lake Creek, 3 sights 6.3 mi · ▲ 1,177 ft
- Allison Ridge–Blackjack, 3 sights 7 mi · ▲ 2,497 ft
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