Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Tahoe Rim Trail
13.4 mi · ▲ 2,557 ft · 5 hr 45 min
Tahoe Rim Trail is a 13.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Bay, CA. It climbs 2,557 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Tahoe Rim Trail
13.4 mi · ▲ 2,557 ft · 5 hr 45 min
Elevation 6,356–8,364 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.23364, -120.07887
Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 71°F / low 51° · precip 5% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 6:59 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 763 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto BP, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Regency Extension, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 2.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 3.9 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Regency Extension, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto BP, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 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.
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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 763 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
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