Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

9 mi · ▲ 1,359 ft · 3 hr 41 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Bay, CA. It climbs 1,359 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,322 – 7,084 ft9.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.23996, -120.07649
Nearest town Carnelian Bay, CA

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

9 mi · ▲ 1,359 ft · 3 hr 41 min

Elevation 6,323–7,084 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.23996, -120.07649

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miBear right onto BP, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  5. 1.4 miSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 150 ftTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading S.
  8. 150 ftTurn left onto Sawmill Flat, heading SW.
  9. 0.7 miBear right onto Watson Creek Road, heading S.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading SE.
  11. 0.6 miTurn right onto BP, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  14. 350 ftBear right onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading S.
  15. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  17. 300 ftBear left onto Sawmill Flat, heading W.
  18. 0.1 miContinue straight onto BP, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 350 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
  21. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Watson Creek Road, heading N.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
  23. 0.7 miTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading N.
  24. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  25. 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  26. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
  27. 1.4 miSharp left onto BP, heading SW.
  28. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  29. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
  30. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

92% dirt3% paved5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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