Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Estelle Lake via Tahoe Rim Trail
10 mi · ▲ 2,331 ft · 4 hr 30 min
Estelle Lake via Tahoe Rim Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Twin Peaks Estates, CA. The route reaches Estelle Lake at the turnaround, 5 miles in. It climbs 2,331 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Estelle Lake via Tahoe Rim Trail
10 mi · ▲ 2,331 ft · 4 hr 30 min
Elevation 6,537–7,891 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
- Start on Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Estelle Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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