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Trail History

During the 1970s when Glenn Hampton was a recreation officer for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit of the U.S. Forest Service, he first had the idea of completing a trail with volunteer labor around the rim of Lake Tahoe. He forged a partnership between the Forest Service, the Nevada State Parks, and a newly created, nonprofit volunteer organization called the Tahoe Rim Trail Fund. The purpose of the partnership was to plan, construct, and maintain a Tahoe Rim Trail. Since 1984 more than 120 miles of trail have been built or improved around the lake. The Tahoe Rim Trail also uses the existing Pacific Crest Trail in the section that overlaps from Meiss Meadows to Twin Peaks.

The Tahoe Rim Trail Fund (now known as the Tahoe Rim Trail Association) is administered by a volunteer board of directors and has a small professional staff. The trail has been built partially by professional crews hired by the Forest Service or Nevada State Parks and partially by volunteers who have contributed thousands of hours. For many it has been a labor of love. Construction of the trail began in July 1984 from Grass Lake, on the north side of Highway 89 near Luther Pass, toward Kingsbury Grade. In 1985 two additional construction projects began at Spooner Summit and Tahoe City. In 2001 the last section of the trail was completed, between Rose Knob Peak and Mount Baldy.