Lake Tahoe Rim Trail

The Lake Tahoe Rim Trail runs the entire perimeter of the lake and offers a great hiking experience for anyone who wants to traverse part of it or the entire 165 mile length. The first and most important offering for those who want to take the trail include winter navigation courses for those who come in the wintertime, to make sure that everyone has the safest experience possible.

Winter snowshoe hikes around the lake are also offered from January until March, for free. They are fully guided, and you can rent snowshoes to enjoy your hike. The TRTA and the U.S. Forest Service are making it a mission to allow people to discover the fitness and social benefits of snowshoeing, which is an easy skill to acquire, quite fun and needed if you want to get anywhere in lose snow during the winter.

In the summer time, there is an annual through hike, which will allow you to hike the entire 165 mile Lake Tahoe Rim Trail, which is a 15 day trip including backcountry camping and overnight hikes. There are two groups of 15 people that go each year, and each group will be given 2 to 3 guides to help them along the way.

The support that you get throughout the hike is great, and comes in the form of “trail angels”, showing up every few days with food, fuel, and water, if needed. They take the trash, and make the trip much easier for hikers and staff guides both. The hike has been offered for about 8 or 9 years, and requires a fee of $1,750 which is donated to the TRTA’s mission to maintain and enhance the Tahoe Rim Trail.

Come back for more info on hiking the Rim Trail in shorter day hikes.