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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

9.8 mi · ▲ 1,307 ft · 3 hr 55 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Bay, CA. It climbs 1,307 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,322 – 7,284 ft10.1 mi

Getting there

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

9.8 mi · ▲ 1,307 ft · 3 hr 55 min

Elevation 6,323–7,284 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 right onto Sawmill Flat, heading W.
  7. 1.4 miTurn right onto Service Road 301, heading N.
  8. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  12. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 1.4 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
  15. 1.4 miSharp left onto BP, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  18. 0.1 miArrive 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-16-km-b52f

Trail surface

97% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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