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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

12.9 mi · ▲ 2,310 ft · 5 hr 27 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 12.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Glenbrook, NV. It climbs 2,310 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7,120 – 8,819 ft · steepest grade: 19%13.3 mi

Getting there

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

12.9 mi · ▲ 2,310 ft · 5 hr 27 min

Elevation 7,119–8,819 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

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. 150 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  6. 3.2 miTurn left onto Genoa Peak Road, heading S.
  7. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  8. 0.7 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  11. 1.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  15. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  16. 0.7 miBear left onto Genoa Peak Road, heading NW.
  17. 100 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
  18. 3.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  20. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right onto National Forest Development Road 039, heading NW.
  22. 300 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-21-km-d6df

Trail surface

97% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM

Good to know

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