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Tahoe Rim Trail is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Glenbrook, NV. It climbs 1,738 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,982 – 7,802 ft · steepest grade: 15%11.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.10316, -119.91409
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

10.9 mi · ▲ 1,738 ft · 4 hr 30 min

Elevation 6,983–7,802 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.10316, -119.91409

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 500 ftSharp right, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  7. 2.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto Genoa Peak Road, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  10. 1.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
  13. 2.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  17. 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
  18. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:09 PM

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