Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

13.8 mi · ▲ 2,357 ft · 5 hr 47 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 13.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Glenbrook, NV. It climbs 2,357 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,467 – 7,802 ft · steepest grade: 29%14.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.08273, -119.93573
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

13.8 mi · ▲ 2,357 ft · 5 hr 47 min

Elevation 6,467–7,802 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.08273, -119.93573

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  6. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.9 miBear left, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 2.6 miSharp right onto Genoa Peak Road, heading NW.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  13. 2.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right onto National Forest Development Road 039, heading NE.
  17. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  20. 150 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
  21. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  22. 2.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right onto Genoa Peak Road, heading SE.
  24. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  25. 2.6 miBear left, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  27. 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
  28. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  29. 450 ftBear left, heading NW.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  31. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  33. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

85% dirt15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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