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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

8 mi · ▲ 849 ft · 3 hr 5 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Comstock Acres, CA. It climbs 849 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,408 – 7,258 ft8.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Granlibakken Wilderness Trail 39.15798, -120.15484
Nearest town Comstock Acres, CA
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Tahoe Rim Trail

8 mi · ▲ 849 ft · 3 hr 5 min

Elevation 6,409–7,258 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Granlibakken Wilderness Trail · 39.15798, -120.15484

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  4. 1.8 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 1.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 3.9 miTurn left onto Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading E.
  7. 50 ftArrive 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/scott-peak-lake-tahoe-out-back-22-km-3a88

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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