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Tahoe Rim Trail is a 15.5-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Glenbrook, NV. It climbs 1,412 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,201 – 7,284 ft15.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.10486, -119.91403
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

15.5 mi · ▲ 1,412 ft · 5 hr 52 min

Elevation 6,201–7,285 ft

Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park

Trailhead: 39.10486, -119.91403

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  7. 100 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
  8. 6.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 6.4 miSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  10. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  14. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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