Lower Blue Lake to Upper Sunset Lake
The Pacific Crest Trail across the Blue Lakes Road
7.5 minute USGS Backpacking Topo Map, Mokelumne Wilderness, Toiyabe National Forest
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| North: Carson Pass to Lost Lakes | 30 min map PCT: Carson Pass to Ebbetts Pass | Miles and Elevations: Carson Pass to Ebbetts Pass | Section: Carson Pass to Ebbetts Pass | Page: Forrestdale Divide to Blue Lakes Road | Page: Blue Lakes Road to Mokelumne Wilderness | All Miles: Tahoe to Whitney | Map Section: Lake Tahoe to Highway 4 | All Maps: Tahoe to Whitney | Echo Summit to Carson Pass | Carson Pass to Ebbetts Pass | Ebbetts Pass to Sonora Pass | Sonora Pass to Tuolumne Meadows | map info | |||||||||
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Topo Hiking Map: Lower Blue Lake past Tamarak and Lily Pad Lake
MAP North: Carson Pass to Lost Lakes Click the Red Dots MAP South: Upper Sunset Lakes to Ebbetts Pass
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MAP North: Carson Pass to Lost Lakes MAP South: Upper Sunset Lakes to Ebbetts Pass
Location Notes |
Main Features: This strange section of the Mokelumne Wilderness is quite convoluted. I counted four times when I crossed the Wilderness Boundary between Carson Pass and Ebbetts Pass. The main reason appears to be for road access to the Blue Lakes, which is run by the pirates of PGE. The Pacific Crest Trail through here is bisected by many roads, and you can detect the signs of heavy use by cars and trucks around Blue Lakes and Tamarack Lake. Though used by cars, it is also a densely forested section and the beauty of Tamarack, Lilly Pad and the Upper and Lower Sunset Lakes remains mostly undiminished by the traffic. As a matter of fact, on a trip up to the source of Summit City Creek, which is Upper Blue Lake, I met a number of really nice car campers at the PGE Blue Lake Camping ground. So, if you are considering hiking around this beautiful area, don't forget that there are two roads, The Forestdale Creek Road and the Blue Lakes Road, that can bring you out to Blue Lakes to begin your hiking or backpacking trip. Or to go car camping at the PGE campgrounds at Blue Lakes. Or you can car camp for free if your car can negociate the dirt road out to the lakes. One of the main features of this section of trail are the long views to the East that it offers. Comments? Questions? |
Mapping Information |
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Mileages and Elevations Miles and Elevations: Carson Pass to Ebbetts Pass
back to Tahoe to Alpine Trail Guide Index back to Carson Pass trail head |
Map Name: Pacific Valley Calif.-Nev., 1979, 7.5 minute Topographic Compass Offset: Magnetic North is 16 and 1/2 degrees of True North scale: 1:24 000 Contours: 40 Feet
Backpacking permitting authority: Carson Ranger DistrictNational Forest: ToiyabeWilderness Area: MokelumnePhysical location: South of Blue Lakes, North of Raymond Peak. |
map North: Carson Pass to Lost Lakes map South: Upper Sunset Lakes to Ebbetts Pass
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South of Blue Lakes on the Pacific Crest Trail: Around an 8000 foot average |
Trail Guide, Section: Tahoe to Alpine Trail Guide Trail Guide Page: Blue Lakes Road to Mokelumne Wilderness boundary |
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Map Credit |
U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior: The USGS Move the Map to the Sierras. Select size of Maps you wish to locate. Click "Mark Point" on map to see the USGS map grid of the selected map scale. USGS Topographic Map Information |