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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

7.1 mi · ▲ 1,047 ft · 2 hr 53 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 1,047 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,447 – 7,015 ft7.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Beaver Tail Trail 39.24874, -120.02815
Nearest town Wood Vista, CA
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Tahoe Rim Trail

7.1 mi · ▲ 1,047 ft · 2 hr 53 min

Elevation 6,446–7,014 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Beaver Tail Trail · 39.24874, -120.02815

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  7. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  9. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
  10. 1.1 miSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  11. 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 400 ftSharp left, heading N.
  13. 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
  14. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  16. 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading NE.
  17. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  18. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 0.6 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-11-km-b996

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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