Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

10.9 mi · ▲ 1,698 ft · 4 hr 29 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 1,698 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,401 – 7,556 ft11.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.25069, -120.03002
Nearest town Wood Vista, CA

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

10.9 mi · ▲ 1,698 ft · 4 hr 29 min

Elevation 6,403–7,556 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.25069, -120.03002

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 742 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  9. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  12. 1.1 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  13. 1.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 1.8 miBear right, heading SE.
  15. 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
  16. 200 ftBear left, heading E.
  17. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  18. 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading E.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  20. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  21. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  23. 0.7 miSharp right, heading S.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  25. 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 742 m from the trailhead

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