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Tahoe Rim Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Glenbrook, NV. It climbs 291 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,982 – 7,221 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.10486, -119.91403
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

3.1 mi · ▲ 291 ft · 1 hr 11 min

Elevation 6,983–7,221 ft

Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park

Trailhead: 39.10486, -119.91403

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 82°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto National Forest Development Road 039, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  13. 100 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  17. 0.4 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

87% dirt13% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 82°F56°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity22%
Hourly temperature
85°55°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue 82°63°
Wed 83°56°
Thu 88°53°
Fri 89°54°
Sat 89°55°
Sun 88°54°

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