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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

13 mi · ▲ 1,674 ft · 5 hr 10 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 13-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Comstock Acres, CA. It climbs 1,674 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,408 – 7,258 ft13.6 mi

Getting there

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

13 mi · ▲ 1,674 ft · 5 hr 10 min

Elevation 6,409–7,258 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Granlibakken Wilderness Trail · 39.15798, -120.15484

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 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. 1.8 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 3.5 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Alpine Crags Road, heading SE.
  8. 3.5 miBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
  9. 2.1 miTurn left onto Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading E.
  10. 50 ftArrive 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-23-km-10bf

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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