Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Mount Rose Highway

4.8 mi · ▲ 786 ft · 2 hr

Old Mount Rose Highway is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 786 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 mi7,408 – 7,714 ft · steepest grade: 28%5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blackjack 39.27102, -119.96273
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

4.8 mi · ▲ 786 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 7,410–7,713 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Blackjack · 39.27102, -119.96273

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 79°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftSharp right onto Blackjack, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  9. 150 ftTurn left onto Lunar, heading E.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miBear right onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading S.
  12. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  14. 0.5 miBear left onto Lunar, heading N.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  18. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  20. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  21. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  22. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  23. 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

ClearTemperature 79°F56°
Precip0%Wind8 mphUV8Humidity23%
Hourly temperature
80°55°
Sunrise 6:03 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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