Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

10 mi · ▲ 1,417 ft · 4 hr 3 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Bay, CA. It climbs 1,417 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,322 – 7,084 ft10.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.23364, -120.07887
Nearest town Carnelian Bay, CA

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

10 mi · ▲ 1,417 ft · 4 hr 3 min

Elevation 6,323–7,084 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.23364, -120.07887

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 763 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto BP, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
  4. 1.4 miSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 150 ftTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftTurn left onto Sawmill Flat, heading S.
  8. 0.7 miBear right onto Watson Creek Road, heading S.
  9. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading S.
  10. 0.6 miTurn right onto BP, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading E.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fulton Circle, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Reservoir Run, heading S.
  14. 450 ftTurn left onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading S.
  15. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right onto Reservoir Run, heading N.
  17. 450 ftTurn left onto Fulton Circle, heading N.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto BP, heading NE.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 350 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
  22. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Watson Creek Road, heading NW.
  23. 100 ftBear left onto Sawmill Flat, heading NW.
  24. 0.7 miTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading NW.
  25. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  26. 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  27. 0.7 miSharp right, heading E.
  28. 1.4 miSharp left onto BP, heading S.
  29. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  30. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

91% dirt9% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 763 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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