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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 934 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Comstock Acres, CA. It climbs 934 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,408 – 6,962 ft · steepest grade: 16%6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Granlibakken Wilderness Trail 39.15798, -120.15484
Nearest town Comstock Acres, CA
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Tahoe Rim Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 934 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Elevation 6,409–6,963 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Granlibakken Wilderness Trail · 39.15798, -120.15484

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 1.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  10. 1.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 0.9 miTurn left onto Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lake-tahoe-out-back-11-km-0e57

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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