Tahoe Rim Trail is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 1,842 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi7,041 – 8,517 ft · steepest grade: 21%7.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.31158, -120.04695
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA
Directions
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Tahoe Rim Trail
6.8 mi · ▲ 1,842 ft · 3 hr 11 min
Elevation 7,042–8,518 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.31158, -120.04695
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 400 ftBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~101 min). Leave by 5:01 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · 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
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