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Tahoe Rim Trail is a 12.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 2,285 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,322 – 7,189 ft12.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.25765, -120.07569
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

12.4 mi · ▲ 2,285 ft · 5 hr 17 min

Elevation 6,323–7,189 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.25765, -120.07569

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left onto Regency Extension, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miBear right onto BP, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
  8. 1.4 miSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 150 ftTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftTurn left onto Sawmill Flat, heading SW.
  12. 0.6 miTurn left onto Watson Creek Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.6 miTurn left onto Shivagiri Extension, heading SE.
  14. 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 1 miTurn right onto Watson Creek Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.6 miTurn right onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
  17. 0.6 miTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading N.
  18. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  19. 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
  21. 1.4 miSharp left onto BP, heading S.
  22. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  23. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  24. 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
  25. 50 ftTurn left onto Regency Extension, heading W.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  27. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

94% dirt4% gravel2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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