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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading E.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 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
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 2.5 mi · loop · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 2.5 mi · loop · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 5.8 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 6.6 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 7 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 8.7 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
- 8.8 mi · out & back · via Old Mount Rose Highway
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- Incline Flume Trail 15.5 mi · ▲ 2,143 ft
- Beaver Tail Trail & Old Powerline 15 mi · ▲ 3,468 ft
- Blackjack 10.9 mi · ▲ 2,461 ft
- Tyrolean Downhill 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,193 ft
- Old Mount Rose Highway 3.8 mi · ▲ 866 ft
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