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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

6 mi · ▲ 716 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Twin Peaks Estates, CA. It climbs 716 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,536 – 7,258 ft6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail 39.14047, -120.19165
Nearest town Twin Peaks Estates, CA
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Tahoe Rim Trail

6 mi · ▲ 716 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Elevation 6,537–7,258 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail · 39.14047, -120.19165

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  3. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
  6. 1.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 1.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  8. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 1 miArrive 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-10-km-a438

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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