Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Shakespeare Point & Genoa Peak Road via Tahoe Rim Trail
15.5 mi · ▲ 3,011 ft · 6 hr 40 min
Shakespeare Point & Genoa Peak Road via Tahoe Rim Trail is a 15.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Glenbrook, NV. The route reaches Shakespeare Point. It climbs 3,011 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Shakespeare Point & Genoa Peak Road via Tahoe Rim Trail
15.5 mi · ▲ 3,011 ft · 6 hr 40 min
Elevation 6,799–8,819 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Genoa Peak Road · 39.09571, -119.91007
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 82°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
- Start on Genoa Peak Road, heading SW.
- 4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading N.
- 500 ftReach Shakespeare Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 3.7 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Genoa Peak Road, heading NW.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 1.4 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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- Captain Pomin Trail & Old Highway 50 2 mi · ▲ 416 ft
- Captain Pomin Rock & Captain Pomin Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 510 ft
- White Hill via Genoa Peak Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 602 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 16.1 mi · ▲ 2,825 ft
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