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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.9 miSharp right, heading N.
  3. 1.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  6. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
  14. 2.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  15. 450 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  16. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  17. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  18. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  20. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  21. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  22. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  23. 0.7 miSharp left, heading W.
  24. 1.3 miBear left, heading E.
  25. 0.9 miBear left, heading NE.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  27. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  28. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  29. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  30. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  31. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  32. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  33. 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
  34. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  35. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  36. 1.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  37. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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