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Tahoe Rim Trail is a 15-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Glenbrook, NV. It climbs 2,397 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,982 – 8,819 ft · steepest grade: 17%15.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.10316, -119.91409
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

15 mi · ▲ 2,397 ft · 6 hr 12 min

Elevation 6,983–8,819 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.10316, -119.91409

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 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 miSharp right, heading SE.
  11. 1.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  15. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  16. 0.7 miBear left onto Genoa Peak Road, heading NW.
  17. 100 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
  18. 3.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  20. 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
  21. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  22. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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