Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Twin Peaks Estates, CA. It climbs 364 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,536 – 6,903 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.14716, -120.20006
Nearest town Twin Peaks Estates, CA

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Elevation 6,537–6,902 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.14716, -120.20006

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
  4. 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  6. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 8:11 PM

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