Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Tahoe Rim Trail
14 mi · ▲ 2,428 ft · 5 hr 53 min
Tahoe Rim Trail is a 14-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Iceland, CA. It climbs 2,428 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi6,670 – 8,061 ft · steepest grade: 15%14.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.31063, -120.02948
Nearest town Iceland, CA
Directions
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Tahoe Rim Trail
14 mi · ▲ 2,428 ft · 5 hr 53 min
Elevation 6,672–8,060 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.31063, -120.02948
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
- 2.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading W.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 1.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.8 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
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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