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Watson Creek headwaters meadow and Tahoe Rim Trail.jpg
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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

12.5 mi · ▲ 2,121 ft · 5 hr 14 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 2,121 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,322 – 7,753 ft12.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.25152, -120.06472
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA
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Tahoe Rim Trail

12.5 mi · ▲ 2,121 ft · 5 hr 14 min

Elevation 6,323–7,754 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.25152, -120.06472

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miBear right onto BP, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  8. 1.4 miSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  9. 2.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 2.9 miSharp right, heading N.
  11. 1.4 miSharp left onto BP, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 0.6 miSharp right, heading NE.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 0.3 miArrive 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-20-km-1e52

Trail surface

94% dirt4% gravel2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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