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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

10.3 mi · ▲ 1,975 ft · 4 hr 25 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Glenbrook, NV. It climbs 1,975 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,467 – 8,445 ft · steepest grade: 36%10.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.08273, -119.93573
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV
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Tahoe Rim Trail

10.3 mi · ▲ 1,975 ft · 4 hr 25 min

Elevation 6,467–8,444 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.08273, -119.93573

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  6. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.9 miSharp right, heading NE.
  9. 3.7 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 3.7 miSharp left, heading NW.
  13. 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
  14. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  15. 400 ftBear left, heading N.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 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-17-km-0014

Trail surface

86% dirt14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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