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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
- 3.4 miTurn left onto Genoa Peak Road, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 1.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Genoa Peak Road, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
- 3.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM
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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