Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

11 mi · ▲ 1,934 ft · 4 hr 38 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is an 11-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 1,934 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,322 – 7,162 ft11.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24903, -120.06774
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

11 mi · ▲ 1,934 ft · 4 hr 38 min

Elevation 6,323–7,162 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.24903, -120.06774

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  3. 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  4. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miBear right onto BP, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  7. 1.4 miSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading SW.
  10. 150 ftTurn left onto Sawmill Flat, heading S.
  11. 0.7 miBear right onto Watson Creek Road, heading S.
  12. 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.8 miBear left onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading N.
  15. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
  18. 1.4 miSharp left onto BP, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
  22. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  23. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

92% dirt5% gravel1% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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