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Tahoe Rim Trail is an 11.6-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Glenbrook, NV. It climbs 1,993 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7,120 – 8,987 ft11.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: National Forest Development Road 039 39.10501, -119.89363
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

11.6 mi · ▲ 1,993 ft · 4 hr 52 min

Elevation 7,119–8,985 ft

Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park

Trailhead: National Forest Development Road 039 · 39.10501, -119.89363

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start on National Forest Development Road 039, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  6. 5.5 miTurn right onto Snow Valley Peak, heading E.
  7. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 100 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
  9. 5.5 miBear left, heading E.
  10. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto National Forest Development Road 039, heading E.
  13. 0.1 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

97% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead

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