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.
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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 Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 84°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading E.
- 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.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Granlibakken Wilderness Trail Trailhead
- William Kent Beach & Granlibakken Wilderness Trail via Tahoe Rim Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 829 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail Loop 5.7 mi · ▲ 854 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail Loop 5.9 mi · ▲ 847 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail (Ward Creek) 6.7 mi · ▲ 989 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 1,148 ft
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