Come ski the Tahoe Rim Tour! First run in 2008, the Tahoe Rim Tour has become one of the Far West region’s premier cross-country ski races, with stunning scenery that can’t be beat. It is a fundraiser for the Far West Nordic Ski Education Association so you help support cross-country skiing in California and Nevada while enjoying the event

THE COURSE

The race starts at North Tahoe High School in Tahoe City and begins on a number of trails at the Tahoe XC cross-country center. Then it climbs north up snow-covered switchbacks on the “Fiberboard Freeway” (an old logging road) to Starratt Pass on the rim of the Tahoe basin at about 7,800 feet. Drinks and snacks are available at an aid station at the pass. From the aid station, the course follows the Tahoe Rim briefly to the east, with breathtaking views of Lake Tahoe and its surrounding basin to the south. Next, the course drops off the rim through forest to the north, eventually reaching Northstar. After taking a brief tour over a handful of Northstar cross-country trails, the course reaches the finish, 26 kilometers from the start.