AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 475 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Bay, CA. It climbs 475 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,729 – 7,169 ft5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26653, -120.11253
Nearest town Carnelian Bay, CA
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Tahoe Rim Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 475 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 6,728–7,168 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.26653, -120.11253

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miSharp left, heading NE.
  3. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Hemlock, heading S.
  4. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  5. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 1.2 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
  7. 350 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  8. 150 ftSharp left onto Hanes Flat, heading E.
  9. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  11. 150 ftSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
  12. 350 ftTurn right onto Sawmill Flat, heading W.
  13. 1.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  14. 200 ftTurn left onto Hemlock, heading N.
  15. 0.5 miSharp right, heading NE.
  16. 0.5 miArrive 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-8-km-0922

Trail surface

78% dirt22% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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