Rim to Reno Trail & Upper Thomas Creek Trail is a 13.9-mile out-and-back near Sundown Town, NV. It climbs 3,052 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi5,998 – 9,069 ft · steepest grade: 15%14.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Upper Thomas Creek Trail 39.39346, -119.83877
Nearest town Sundown Town, NV
Directions
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Rim to Reno Trail & Upper Thomas Creek Trail
13.9 mi · ▲ 3,052 ft · 6 hr 10 min
Elevation 5,998–9,068 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Upper Thomas Creek Trail · 39.39346, -119.83877
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 2.4 miContinue straight onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading W.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Rim to Reno Trail, heading W.
- 3.2 miReach Upper Thomas Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.8 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading E.
- 450 ftBear right onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto National Forest Development Road 049, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Upper Thomas Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 2.3 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
34% dirt66% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Upper Thomas Creek Trail Trailhead
- National Forest Development Road 049 & Upper Thomas Creek Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,325 ft
- Upper Thomas Creek Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 476 ft
- Lower Thomas Creek Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 603 ft
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- Marilyn's Pond–Dry Pond Trail, 5 sights 13.8 mi · ▲ 2,358 ft
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