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Tahoe Rim Trail is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Twin Peaks Estates, CA. It climbs 397 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,933 – 7,258 ft6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Paige Meadows 39.14627, -120.17320
Nearest town Twin Peaks Estates, CA

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

6.3 mi · ▲ 397 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Elevation 6,934–7,258 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Paige Meadows · 39.14627, -120.17320

Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 83°F / low 45° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 0.7 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  6. 1.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miArrive 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

Partly cloudyTemperature 83°F45°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV8Humidity21%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue 83°59°
Wed 83°54°
Thu 80°53°
Fri 81°54°
Sat 80°54°
Sun 79°54°

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