Tahoe Rim Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Twin Peaks Estates, CA. It is mostly level, with 192 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,844 – 7,054 ft3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.14716, -120.20006
Nearest town Twin Peaks Estates, CA
Directions
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Tahoe Rim Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 192 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Elevation 6,843–7,055 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.14716, -120.20006
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 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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More from this trailhead
- Tahoe Rim Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 364 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 192 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail Loop 3.9 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- Bear Creek Trail 9.3 mi · ▲ 1,216 ft
- Pacific Crest Trail 12.4 mi · ▲ 2,926 ft
- Pacific Crest Trail 14.3 mi · ▲ 2,475 ft
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