Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Tahoe Rim Trail
7 mi · ▲ 1,170 ft · 2 hr 55 min
Tahoe Rim Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Bay, CA. It climbs 1,170 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Tahoe Rim Trail
7 mi · ▲ 1,170 ft · 2 hr 55 min
Elevation 6,323–7,084 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.23364, -120.07887
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 84°F / low 49° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 763 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto BP, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Sawmill Flat, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Watson Creek Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Sawmill Flat, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto BP, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miArrive 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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- Transit-accessible: stop 763 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Tahoe Rim Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 801 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 833 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 950 ft
- BP 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,112 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 1,298 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 1,169 ft
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