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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
  10. 2.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  13. 1.3 miBear left, heading N.
  14. 0.9 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  17. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  20. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  22. 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

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