AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Rubicon Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 453 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Rubicon Trail is a 4.8-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.

Elevation

0 mi6,677 – 7,136 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rubicon Trail 39.04599, -120.16828
Nearest town Tahoma Meadows, CA
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Rubicon Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 453 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 6,678–7,137 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Rubicon Trail · 39.04599, -120.16828

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 84°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Rubicon Trail, heading W.
  2. 2.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  3. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/rubicon-trail-out-back-8-km-d5ce

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

ClearTemperature 84°F52°
Precip0%Wind9 mphUV8Humidity24%
Hourly temperature
85°50°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue 83°61°
Wed 82°57°
Thu 80°57°
Fri 80°58°
Sat 81°58°
Sun 81°57°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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