Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Mount Rose Highway

5.8 mi · ▲ 1,559 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Old Mount Rose Highway is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 1,559 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,130 – 8,534 ft · steepest grade: 27%6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27211, -119.95231
Nearest town Incline Village, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway

5.8 mi · ▲ 1,559 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Elevation 7,130–8,535 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.27211, -119.95231

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  4. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  9. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  12. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading E.
  16. 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  17. 0.9 miBear left onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading S.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  20. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SW.
  21. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  23. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  24. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  25. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  26. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  27. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  28. 350 ftBear left, heading S.
  29. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  30. 0.2 miArrive 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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