Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Tahoe Rim Trail (Ward Creek) & Tahoe Rim Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 224 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Tahoe Rim Trail (Ward Creek) & Tahoe Rim Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Twin Peaks Estates, CA. It is mostly level, with 224 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Tahoe Rim Trail (Ward Creek) & Tahoe Rim Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 224 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Elevation 6,527–6,766 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail · 39.14047, -120.19165
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 84°F / low 47° · precip 0% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tahoe Rim Trail (Ward Creek), heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
- 1.6 miReach Tahoe Rim Trail (Ward Creek), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Ward Creek), heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Tahoe Rim Trail Trailhead
- William Kent Beach via Tahoe Rim Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 987 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 6 mi · ▲ 716 ft
- Estelle Lake via Tahoe Rim Trail 10 mi · ▲ 2,331 ft
- Alpine Crags Road via Tahoe Rim Trail 10 mi · ▲ 1,487 ft
- Bear Creek Trail 11 mi · ▲ 1,541 ft
- Bear Creek Trail 11 mi · ▲ 1,610 ft
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