AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

10.4 mi · ▲ 1,340 ft · 4 hr 8 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 10.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 1,340 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,536 – 7,258 ft10.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.17573, -120.22758
Nearest town Alpine Meadows, CA
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Tahoe Rim Trail

10.4 mi · ▲ 1,340 ft · 4 hr 8 min

Elevation 6,537–7,258 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.17573, -120.22758

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  3. 350 ftContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Alpine Crags Road, heading NE.
  5. 2.9 miSharp right, heading W.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
  8. 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  10. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 0.7 miSharp left, heading NW.
  13. 2.9 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
  15. 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/tahoe-rim-trail-out-back-17-km-ff2e

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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