Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tyrolean Downhill

6.6 mi · ▲ 1,600 ft · 3 hr

Tyrolean Downhill is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tyrolian Village, NV. It climbs 1,600 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,907 – 8,334 ft · steepest grade: 16%7.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Mount Rose Highway 39.28380, -119.93445
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV

Directions

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Tyrolean Downhill

6.6 mi · ▲ 1,600 ft · 3 hr

Elevation 6,906–8,335 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Old Mount Rose Highway · 39.28380, -119.93445

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Old Mount Rose Highway, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miBear right onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading NE.
  5. 450 ftContinue straight onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading SE.
  6. 1.2 miBear left onto Tyrolean Downhill Shortcut, heading S.
  7. 100 ftContinue straight onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading S.
  8. 1.4 miSharp left onto Tyrolean Downhill Alternate, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading NW.
  10. 300 ftTurn left onto Tyrolean Downhill Alternate, heading S.
  11. 50 ftReach Tyrolean Downhill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading SE.
  13. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tyrolean Downhill Alternate, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading S.
  15. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Tyrolean Downhill Shortcut, heading N.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Tyrolean Downhill, heading N.
  17. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Tyrolean Alternate, heading N.
  18. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  20. 350 ftTurn left onto Old Mount Rose Highway, heading W.
  21. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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