AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

8.4 mi · ▲ 1,574 ft · 3 hr 35 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 1,574 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,536 – 7,523 ft · steepest grade: 21%8.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.16418, -120.23940
Nearest town Alpine Meadows, CA
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Tahoe Rim Trail

8.4 mi · ▲ 1,574 ft · 3 hr 35 min

Elevation 6,537–7,524 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.16418, -120.23940

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 1.9 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
  10. 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  12. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  14. 1.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 0.7 miBear left, heading NW.
  19. 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
  20. 50 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-ward-creek-out-back-15-km

Trail surface

80% dirt20% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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