Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Tahoe Rim Trail
8 mi · ▲ 1,611 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Tahoe Rim Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 1,611 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi7,021 – 8,442 ft · steepest grade: 20%8.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Martis Peak Road 39.28668, -120.03317
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA
Directions
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Tahoe Rim Trail
8 mi · ▲ 1,611 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Elevation 7,022–8,442 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Martis Peak Road · 39.28668, -120.03317
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
- 2.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
95% dirt5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
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