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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

5.9 mi · ▲ 834 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoe Woods, CA. It climbs 834 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,496 – 6,962 ft · steepest grade: 16%6.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bow Road 39.15078, -120.15218
Nearest town Tahoe Woods, CA
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Tahoe Rim Trail

5.9 mi · ▲ 834 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Elevation 6,496–6,963 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Bow Road · 39.15078, -120.15218

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  6. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.9 miBear left, heading SW.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  12. 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  14. 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
  15. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  18. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  19. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/tahoe-rim-trail-out-back-9-km-d2cb

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM

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