AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

8.3 mi · ▲ 1,607 ft · 3 hr 34 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 1,607 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,536 – 7,523 ft · steepest grade: 19%8.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.16479, -120.23773
Nearest town Alpine Meadows, CA
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Tahoe Rim Trail

8.3 mi · ▲ 1,607 ft · 3 hr 34 min

Elevation 6,537–7,524 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.16479, -120.23773

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 1.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
  12. 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  14. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  18. 1.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  19. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftArrive 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-5b35

Trail surface

78% dirt22% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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