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Tahoe Rim Trail Loop is a 3.9-mile loop in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Twin Peaks Estates, CA. It is mostly level, with 224 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,844 – 7,054 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.14716, -120.20006
Nearest town Twin Peaks Estates, CA

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail Loop

3.9 mi · ▲ 224 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Elevation 6,843–7,055 ft

Loop · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.14716, -120.20006

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  5. 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 0.9 miSharp left, heading SW.
  8. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.9 miBear left, heading SE.
  10. 50 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.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 8:11 PM

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