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 Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 1.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 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
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · loop · 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
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
More from Paige Meadows Trailhead
- Bear Creek Trail 11.3 mi · ▲ 1,191 ft
- Bear Creek Trail 11.1 mi · ▲ 1,195 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 6.1 mi · ▲ 370 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 397 ft
- Bear Creek Trail 11.3 mi · ▲ 1,219 ft
- Pacific Crest Trail 15.7 mi · ▲ 2,974 ft
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