Tahoe Rim Trail — Tahoe Meadows section
Lake Tahoe (Mt. Rose / Tahoe Meadows) · near Incline Village / Truckee · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Trail Running
At a glance
- Difficulty
- strenuous
- Distance
- 10 miles
- Elevation gain
- 1,400 ft
- Best season
- July–October (snow-free) · wildflowers July
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- No permit for day running. The full 165-mile Tahoe Rim Trail circumnavigates the lake; overnight backpacking has its own wilderness rules in the Desolation section. Tahoe Meadows trailhead is free.
What is here
- Features
- High alpine singletrack at 8,500+ ft · Lake Tahoe panoramas · Wildflower meadows in July · Section of the 165-mile TRT loop
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- No
Trail Running detail
- Surface
- singletrack
- Race
- Tahoe Rim Trail Endurance Runs (50K/50M/100M, July)
- Intl tip
- The Tahoe Meadows trailhead is on Hwy 431 (Mt. Rose Highway) between Incline Village and Reno. Snow lingers into July in big years. Combine with a swim in Tahoe (swimming guide) or the Mount Tallac summit (hiking guide) on the south shore.
The guide
The Tahoe Rim Trail wraps 165 miles of flowing singletrack around the entire Lake Tahoe basin, and its Tahoe Meadows section on…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Tahoe Rim Trail — Tahoe Meadows section — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.314, -119.913