Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Rubicon Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 453 ft · 2 hr
Rubicon Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoma Meadows, CA. It climbs 453 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Rubicon Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 453 ft · 2 hr
Elevation 6,678–7,137 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Rubicon Trail · 39.04599, -120.16828
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 83°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rubicon Trail, heading W.
- 2.4 miTurn left onto Richardson Lake Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Rubicon Trail, heading E.
- 2.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.6 mi in (~76 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 8:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Rubicon Trail Trailhead
- Buck Lake via Rubicon Trail 4 mi · ▲ 856 ft
- Rubicon Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 453 ft
- Rubicon Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 648 ft
- Buck Lake & North Miller Creek East via Rubicon Trail 8.6 mi · ▲ 1,381 ft
- Rubicon Trail 10.8 mi · ▲ 761 ft
- Lost Lake & Lost Lake Trail via Rubicon Trail 11.8 mi · ▲ 1,649 ft
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