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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

6.9 mi · ▲ 1,148 ft · 2 hr 52 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Comstock Acres, CA. It climbs 1,148 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,303 – 7,025 ft · steepest grade: 15%7.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Granlibakken Wilderness Trail 39.15821, -120.15258
Nearest town Comstock Acres, CA
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Tahoe Rim Trail

6.9 mi · ▲ 1,148 ft · 2 hr 52 min

Elevation 6,302–7,026 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Granlibakken Wilderness Trail · 39.15821, -120.15258

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.6 miSharp left, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 1.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  12. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  16. 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  18. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  21. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  23. 0.4 miSharp right onto Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading NE.
  24. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  25. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/tahoe-rim-trail-out-back-11-km-ae41

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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