Tahoe Rim Trail is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Glenbrook, NV. It climbs 2,824 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi7,018 – 8,370 ft · steepest grade: 15%16.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Genoa Peak Road 39.09571, -119.91007
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV
Directions
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Tahoe Rim Trail
16.1 mi · ▲ 2,824 ft · 6 hr 47 min
Elevation 7,019–8,369 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Genoa Peak Road · 39.09571, -119.91007
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
- Start on Genoa Peak Road, heading SW.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
- 6.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 6.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Genoa Peak Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
98% dirt2% 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
More from Genoa Peak Road Trailhead
- Tahoe Rim Trail 16.1 mi · ▲ 2,825 ft
- Captain Pomin Trail & Old Highway 50 2 mi · ▲ 416 ft
- Captain Pomin Rock & Captain Pomin Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 510 ft
- White Hill via Genoa Peak Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 602 ft
- Shakespeare Point & Genoa Peak Road via Tahoe Rim Trail 15.5 mi · ▲ 3,011 ft
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