The Sierra Nevada Mountains are in your own backyard should you decide to hike them, bike them, climb them…or simply sit back and admire them. 

The Tahoe Rim Trail is one of the world's premier trails. It is a trail that offers something for everyone. Hiking, horseback riding and skiing are allowed on all portions of the trail. Mountain biking is allowed on the trail with the exception of the wilderness areas, the section that is in Lake Tahoe, Nevada State Park and the the part that is in conjunction with the Pacific Crest Trail.

The now 164-mile Tahoe Rim Trail circles one of the world's most beautiful lakes, and winds through two states, several wilderness areas, National Forest and state park lands, and an incredible diversity of geology, flora, and fauna. The trail accesses both the Sierra Nevada and its Carson Range spur, each with a unique personality. It winds through aspen meadows, skirts high mountain peaks, and runs for miles along ridgetops with stunning views. You can walk for miles under a forested canopy, or saunter through meadows. You can venture above treeline for long stretches. That the trail is a big loop, a circle, may be its best feature. Wherever you set off, as the days and weeks go by, you can follow the circle back to where you began. Across the big, blue expanse of the lake, you can pick out where you were a week ago, and where you will be again in another week. A multi-use path, much of the Tahoe Rim Trail was constructed for the pleasure of hikers, equestrians, and mountain bikers, using modern trail-building techniques, with the goal to not exceed an average grade of 10 percent.