Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Tahoe Rim Trail
6.9 mi · ▲ 1,415 ft · 3 hr
Tahoe Rim Trail is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 1,415 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Tahoe Rim Trail
6.9 mi · ▲ 1,415 ft · 3 hr
Elevation 7,536–8,364 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 16N92B · 39.28382, -120.03171
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.5 mi in (~96 min). Leave by 5:06 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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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