Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Alpine Crags Road via Tahoe Rim Trail

10 mi · ▲ 1,487 ft · 4 hr 5 min

Alpine Crags Road via Tahoe Rim Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Twin Peaks Estates, CA. It climbs 1,487 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,473 – 7,258 ft10.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail 39.14047, -120.19165
Nearest town Twin Peaks Estates, CA

Directions

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Alpine Crags Road via Tahoe Rim Trail

10 mi · ▲ 1,487 ft · 4 hr 5 min

Elevation 6,474–7,258 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail · 39.14047, -120.19165

Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 84°F / low 47° · precip 0% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  3. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
  6. 3.3 miReach Alpine Crags Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 3.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  8. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 1 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

Partly cloudyTemperature 84°F47°
Precip0%Wind10 mphUV8Humidity23%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue 85°60°
Wed 84°57°
Thu 87°57°
Fri 87°58°
Sat 88°58°
Sun 88°56°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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