Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

14.8 mi · ▲ 2,420 ft · 6 hr 9 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 14.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 2,420 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,401 – 7,556 ft15.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.25069, -120.03002
Nearest town Wood Vista, CA

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

14.8 mi · ▲ 2,420 ft · 6 hr 9 min

Elevation 6,403–7,556 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.25069, -120.03002

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 742 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  9. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  12. 1.1 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  13. 3.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 150 ftSharp left onto Hanes Flat, heading W.
  15. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  17. 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SW.
  18. 3.7 miBear right, heading SE.
  19. 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
  20. 200 ftBear left, heading E.
  21. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  22. 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading E.
  23. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  24. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  25. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  27. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  28. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  29. 250 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 6:34 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 742 m from the trailhead

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