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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

7.5 mi · ▲ 741 ft · 2 hr 52 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Twin Peaks Estates, CA. It climbs 741 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,782 – 7,258 ft7.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.14044, -120.17133
Nearest town Twin Peaks Estates, CA
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Tahoe Rim Trail

7.5 mi · ▲ 741 ft · 2 hr 52 min

Elevation 6,782–7,258 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.14044, -120.17133

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
  8. 1.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 1.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  10. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 0.5 miSharp left, heading S.
  12. 0.5 miSharp right, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 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-13-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM

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