Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Old Mount Rose Highway via Tyrolean Downhill

9.6 mi · ▲ 2,402 ft · 4 hr 24 min

Old Mount Rose Highway via Tyrolean Downhill is a 9.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 2,402 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,834 – 8,334 ft10.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.25430, -119.92343
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV

Directions

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Old Mount Rose Highway via Tyrolean Downhill

9.6 mi · ▲ 2,402 ft · 4 hr 24 min

Elevation 6,835–8,335 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.25430, -119.92343

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.5 miBear right onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading NE.
  3. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Tyrolean Downhill Shortcut, heading N.
  4. 100 ftBear right onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading N.
  5. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading SW.
  6. 450 ftBear left, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  8. 300 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading SW.
  9. 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  10. 0.8 miReach Old Mount Rose Highway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 1.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miBear right onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading NE.
  14. 450 ftContinue straight onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading NE.
  15. 1.2 miBear left onto Tyrolean Downhill Shortcut, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading S.
  17. 1.3 miBear left, heading S.
  18. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

90% dirt10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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