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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 1,588 ft · 3 hr 40 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Iceland, CA. It climbs 1,588 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7,602 – 8,399 ft · steepest grade: 15%9.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.30917, -120.02015
Nearest town Iceland, CA
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Tahoe Rim Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 1,588 ft · 3 hr 40 min

Elevation 7,601–8,401 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.30917, -120.02015

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  4. 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  7. 0.8 miBear left, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  9. 200 ftSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  11. 1.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Martis Peak Road, heading SW.
  13. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  16. 1.2 miBear left, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  18. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  20. 400 ftBear left, heading E.
  21. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  22. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/tahoe-rim-trail-out-back-14-km-c6fa

Trail surface

90% dirt8% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:10 PM

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