Tahoe Rim Trail is a 10.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kings Beach, CA. It climbs 2,374 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,414 – 8,714 ft · steepest grade: 16%11.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24538, -120.02436
Nearest town Kings Beach, CA
Directions
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Tahoe Rim Trail
10.6 mi · ▲ 2,374 ft · 4 hr 43 min
Elevation 6,415–8,713 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.24538, -120.02436
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Fox, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Kings Beach Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Martis Peak Summit Path, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Martis Peak Road, heading S.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Martis Peak Summit Path, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1 miBear left onto Kings Beach Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Fox, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 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 surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.9 mi in (~180 min). Leave by 4:08 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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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- Chipmunk via Old Grist Mill Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 345 ft
- Old Grist Mill Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 447 ft
- Beaver Street Extension 3.4 mi · ▲ 741 ft
- Beaver Street Extension Loop 3.5 mi · ▲ 744 ft
- Old Grist Mill Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 450 ft
- Beaver Tail Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 450 ft
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