Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Mount Rose Highway

5.6 mi · ▲ 1,391 ft · 2 hr 34 min

Old Mount Rose Highway is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 1,391 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,310 – 8,534 ft · steepest grade: 23%6.6 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

5.6 mi · ▲ 1,391 ft · 2 hr 34 min

Elevation 7,311–8,535 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.27713, -119.95049

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 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 miSharp left, heading E.
  10. 0.7 miSharp right, heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  16. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading E.
  17. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.9 miBear left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  21. 300 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SW.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  23. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  24. 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
  25. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  27. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  28. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  29. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
  30. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  31. 450 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  32. 250 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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