Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Tahoe Rim Trail Loop
10 mi · ▲ 2,300 ft · 4 hr 29 min
Tahoe Rim Trail Loop is a 10-mile loop in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 2,300 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Tahoe Rim Trail Loop
10 mi · ▲ 2,300 ft · 4 hr 29 min
Elevation 6,245–8,442 ft
Loop · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.28293, -120.10259
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 377 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
- 1.6 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Martis Peak Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 300 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~55 min). Leave by 6:13 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 377 m from the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
More from this trailhead
- Elizabethtown Meadows Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 365 ft
- Martis Peak Road 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,461 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 6.6 mi · ▲ 1,666 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 1,635 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 7.1 mi · ▲ 1,358 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 8 mi · ▲ 1,754 ft
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