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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

13.8 mi · ▲ 2,241 ft · 5 hr 43 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 13.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 2,241 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,605 – 7,556 ft14.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.25746, -120.04785
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA
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Tahoe Rim Trail

13.8 mi · ▲ 2,241 ft · 5 hr 43 min

Elevation 6,605–7,556 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.25746, -120.04785

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 6:59 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  4. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  5. 1.1 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  6. 3.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 150 ftTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading SE.
  8. 150 ftTurn left onto Sawmill Flat, heading S.
  9. 0.7 miBear right onto Watson Creek Road, heading S.
  10. 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.8 miBear left onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
  12. 0.7 miTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading N.
  13. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  15. 3.7 miBear right, heading SE.
  16. 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
  17. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/tahoe-rim-trail-out-back-22-km-4550

Trail surface

99% dirt1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 6:59 PM

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