Tahoe Rim Trail is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Bay, CA. It climbs 1,553 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,322 – 7,753 ft10.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.23996, -120.07649
Nearest town Carnelian Bay, CA
Directions
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Tahoe Rim Trail
9.8 mi · ▲ 1,553 ft · 4 hr 3 min
Elevation 6,323–7,754 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.23996, -120.07649
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto BP, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading S.
- 2.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 2.9 miSharp right, heading N.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto BP, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 450 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
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
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