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Tahoe Rim Trail

165 Mile Loop Around Lake Tahoe

Trail in Eldorado NF, Toiyabe NF, Desolation Wilderness, Granite Chief Wilderness, Sierra Nevada in Round Hill Village in NV, CA

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Length

170mi

Surface

Dirt (164mi)

Unknown (2½mi)

Two-track Road (2mi)

Other (0.9mi)

Allows Bikes

Yes (30mi)

No (8.4mi)

Unknown (132mi)

Trail Number

#19E00 (120mi)

#21055 (1.1mi)

Unknown (939ft)

Allows Hiking

Yes

Allows Horses

Yes (53mi)

Unknown (117mi)

Allows Nordic Skiing

Yes (1,027ft)

Unknown (170mi)

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The Tahoe Rim Trail is a 165-mile (266 km) long-distance hiking trail that forms a loop around the Lake Tahoe Basin in the Sierra Nevada and Carson ranges of California and Nevada in the United States. The trail ranges in elevation from 6,240 feet (1,900 m) at the outlet of Lake Tahoe to 10,338 feet (3,151 m) at Relay Peak in Nevada. About 50 miles (80 km) of trail above the lake's west shore are also part of the much longer Pacific Crest Trail. Additionally, 96 Miles of the trail along the east and south sides of the Lake Tahoe basin are designated as a National Recreation Trail.The idea of a crest trail around Lake Tahoe was first proposed in 1978 by Glenn Hampton, a recreation officer of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) of the U.S. Forest Service. The trail was completed…

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