Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

16 mi · ▲ 2,482 ft · 6 hr 34 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 16-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Heights, CA. It climbs 2,482 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,582 – 7,556 ft16.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.20440, -120.10579
Nearest town Carnelian Heights, CA

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

16 mi · ▲ 2,482 ft · 6 hr 34 min

Elevation 6,583–7,556 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.20440, -120.10579

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Reservoir Run, heading NE.
  4. 450 ftTurn left onto Fulton Circle, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto BP, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 300 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading NW.
  9. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Watson Creek Road, heading N.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Sawmill Flat, heading NW.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading N.
  12. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  13. 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  14. 3.7 miBear right, heading SE.
  15. 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
  16. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  17. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  18. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  19. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  20. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  21. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  22. 4.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  23. 150 ftTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading W.
  24. 150 ftTurn left onto Sawmill Flat, heading W.
  25. 0.7 miBear right onto Watson Creek Road, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading SE.
  27. 0.6 miTurn right onto BP, heading SE.
  28. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading S.
  29. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fulton Circle, heading SE.
  30. 50 ftTurn right onto Reservoir Run, heading SE.
  31. 450 ftTurn left onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading E.
  32. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  33. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

96% dirt4% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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