Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

8.9 mi · ▲ 1,260 ft · 3 hr 36 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Heights, CA. It climbs 1,260 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,569 – 7,487 ft9.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.20584, -120.10454
Nearest town Carnelian Heights, CA

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

8.9 mi · ▲ 1,260 ft · 3 hr 36 min

Elevation 6,569–7,489 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.20584, -120.10454

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 400 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Reservoir Run, heading NE.
  6. 450 ftTurn left onto Fulton Circle, heading E.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto BP, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 350 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading W.
  11. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Watson Creek Road, heading N.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
  13. 0.7 miTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading NE.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  15. 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  16. 1.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  17. 1.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  18. 150 ftTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading W.
  19. 150 ftTurn left onto Sawmill Flat, heading SW.
  20. 0.7 miBear right onto Watson Creek Road, heading S.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading S.
  22. 0.6 miTurn right onto BP, heading S.
  23. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading SE.
  24. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fulton Circle, heading S.
  25. 50 ftTurn right onto Reservoir Run, heading S.
  26. 450 ftTurn left onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading S.
  27. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  28. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  29. 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
  30. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

92% dirt8% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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