1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
2. 50 ftTurn right onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading S.
3. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Fir Crags Road, heading SE.
5. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
6. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
7. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
8. 150 ftTurn right onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading S.
9. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
10. 2.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
11. 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
12. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading W.
13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
14. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
15. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
16. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
17. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
18. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
19. 1.5 miBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Ward Creek), heading W.
20. 0.1 miReach Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
21. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
22. 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
23. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
24. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
25. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
26. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
27. 0.9 miTurn left onto Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading NE.
28. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
29. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
30. 150 ftTurn left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NW.
31. 2.6 miBear right, heading W.
32. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
33. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
34. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
35. 0.3 miTurn right onto Fir Crags Road, heading NW.
36. 250 ftTurn left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NW.
37. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
38. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
39. 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-26-km-a998