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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto National Forest Development Road 039, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 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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- Tahoe Rim Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 149 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 290 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 355 ft
- Spooner Lake & North Canyon Rim Trail Connector Loop via Tahoe Rim Trail 10.1 mi · ▲ 1,506 ft
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