Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

15 mi · ▲ 2,367 ft · 6 hr 11 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 15-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kings Beach, CA. It climbs 2,367 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,414 – 7,556 ft15.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24538, -120.02436
Nearest town Kings Beach, CA

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

15 mi · ▲ 2,367 ft · 6 hr 11 min

Elevation 6,415–7,556 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.24538, -120.02436

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  3. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 300 ftBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading W.
  7. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  14. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  16. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
  17. 1.1 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  18. 3.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  19. 150 ftSharp left onto Hanes Flat, heading W.
  20. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  21. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  22. 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SW.
  23. 3.7 miBear right, heading SE.
  24. 1.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  25. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  26. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  27. 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  29. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  30. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  31. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  32. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  33. 0.3 miSharp left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading W.
  34. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  35. 300 ftTurn right onto Old Grist Mill Road, heading SE.
  36. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  37. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  38. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
  39. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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