Decide walking the Tahoe Rim path

Why the Tahoe Rim Trail?

In the spring of 2025, Ben and I made the decision to try to walk through the Tahoe Rim Trail during the summer. We live in the United Kingdom, so a trip like this should be planned in advance.

We chose the Tahoe Rim Trail for several reasons:

• Path length: It is a short path to 175 miles and, therefore, it is feasible to do so in two weeks or less. In addition, this would be my first trip that had all my kit and camping, so I didn’t want to commit to a longer path.
• Ease of access: It is very mentioned as an ideal for beginners due to the number of paths and places to get out of the way as necessary. This sounded again if I needed to leave the way and mean many opportunities to replenish and, therefore, reduce the amount we would need to carry.
• Logistics: It is at a short distance from a friend of mine who lives in Sonoma County in California, which makes logistics much easier. We could leave most of our belongings with her and we would have a base before and after our walk.
• Temperature: With the path at altitude, even in summer, it is likely to be cooler. This would be an advantage for me while fighting in the heat.
• SENDERO CONTENT: It is a path where each section has so many views and landscapes so that we did not have days when we were just walking through the ‘filling’. It would be a path that continues to give.

My walk to date had been in the United Kingdom and twice I did not camp or cook and, therefore, I had to carry very little. This would be a very different experience for me and I was eager to find out what it would be like.

I had not even considered a path and everything that comes through the holes in carrying everything alone. Fortunately, Ben has a considerable experience to the level of having completed the path of the Apalaches (twice), Pacific Crest Trail and Colorado Trail. I definitely based on him in terms of what to take and solve a lot of preparation.

When to try to walk the TRT?

He already had plans to be in the United States during much of the summer. There was a fixed feature (a trip to Alaska) around which my trip was planned. Therefore, we decided to try to walk the TRT towards the end of the season from the end of August. This meant a greater risk of forest fires and water shortage, but the advantage of colder temperatures and, with luck, less mosquitoes.

Photo courtesy of: Ben C

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