Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

8.9 mi · ▲ 1,958 ft · 3 hr 57 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kings Beach, CA. It climbs 1,958 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,414 – 8,360 ft · steepest grade: 16%9.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24538, -120.02436
Nearest town Kings Beach, CA

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

8.9 mi · ▲ 1,958 ft · 3 hr 57 min

Elevation 6,415–8,359 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.24538, -120.02436

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miBear left onto Fox, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading W.
  5. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  12. 150 ftTurn right onto Kings Beach Trail, heading S.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  14. 1 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
  16. 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
  17. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  19. 200 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  22. 0.8 miSharp right, heading SW.
  23. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  24. 1 miBear left onto Kings Beach Trail, heading SW.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  26. 150 ftBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  28. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  29. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  30. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  31. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  32. 0.3 miSharp left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading E.
  33. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  34. 250 ftContinue straight onto Fox, heading SE.
  35. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  36. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  37. 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 surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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