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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

8.5 mi · ▲ 1,634 ft · 3 hr 39 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 1,634 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,536 – 7,523 ft · steepest grade: 18%9.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.16630, -120.23674
Nearest town Alpine Meadows, CA
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Tahoe Rim Trail

8.5 mi · ▲ 1,634 ft · 3 hr 39 min

Elevation 6,537–7,524 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.16630, -120.23674

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. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 1.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  13. 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  15. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  19. 1.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  24. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  26. 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-14-km-b071

Trail surface

79% dirt21% 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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