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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

8.3 mi · ▲ 1,400 ft · 3 hr 28 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 1,400 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,536 – 7,543 ft · steepest grade: 21%8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.14294, -120.23114
Nearest town Alpine Meadows, CA
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Tahoe Rim Trail

8.3 mi · ▲ 1,400 ft · 3 hr 28 min

Elevation 6,537–7,542 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.14294, -120.23114

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  3. 1.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  4. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 1.9 miBear right, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
  7. 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  9. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  11. 1.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 300 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  13. 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  14. 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-c3a6

Trail surface

99% dirt1% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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