Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

13 mi · ▲ 2,212 ft · 5 hr 26 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 13-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Glenbrook, NV. It climbs 2,212 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,467 – 7,802 ft · steepest grade: 29%13.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.08273, -119.93573
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

13 mi · ▲ 2,212 ft · 5 hr 26 min

Elevation 6,467–7,802 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.08273, -119.93573

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  6. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.9 miBear left, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 2.6 miSharp right onto Genoa Peak Road, heading NW.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  13. 2.1 miSharp right, heading W.
  14. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 2.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right onto Genoa Peak Road, heading E.
  17. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  18. 2.6 miBear left, heading W.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  20. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  21. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 450 ftBear left, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  24. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  26. 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 surface

87% dirt13% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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