Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

7.5 mi · ▲ 1,131 ft · 3 hr 4 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 1,131 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,401 – 7,015 ft8.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.25069, -120.03002
Nearest town Wood Vista, CA

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

7.5 mi · ▲ 1,131 ft · 3 hr 4 min

Elevation 6,403–7,014 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.25069, -120.03002

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

Transit-accessible: stop 742 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  9. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  12. 1.1 miSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  13. 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 400 ftSharp left, heading N.
  15. 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
  16. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  17. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  18. 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading E.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  20. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  21. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  23. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  25. 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 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 742 m from the trailhead

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