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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

13.5 mi · ▲ 2,276 ft · 5 hr 38 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 13.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Glenbrook, NV. It climbs 2,276 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,982 – 8,803 ft · steepest grade: 16%13.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.10316, -119.91409
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV
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Tahoe Rim Trail

13.5 mi · ▲ 2,276 ft · 5 hr 38 min

Elevation 6,983–8,801 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.10316, -119.91409

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 500 ftSharp right, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
  6. 3.4 miTurn left onto Genoa Peak Road, heading S.
  7. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  8. 0.7 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right onto Genoa Peak Road, heading SE.
  12. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  17. 0.7 miBear left onto Genoa Peak Road, heading NW.
  18. 100 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
  19. 3.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
  22. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  23. 450 ftArrive 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-7b01

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:00 PM

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