AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Mount Rose Highway

4.3 mi · ▲ 1,039 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Old Mount Rose Highway is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 1,039 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,494 – 8,534 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lunar 39.28025, -119.94601
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV
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Old Mount Rose Highway

4.3 mi · ▲ 1,039 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Elevation 7,492–8,535 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Lunar · 39.28025, -119.94601

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  3. 0.7 miSharp right, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
  10. 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.9 miBear left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  14. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SW.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  17. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  18. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/old-mount-rose-highway-out-back-7-km-f876

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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