Echo Lake Through Echo Summit hiking map
The Tahoe to Yosemite and Pacific Crest Trails
7.5 minute Backpacking Topo Map Departing Desolation Wilderness and entering the Meiss Country Roadless Area
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North: Southern Desolation 30 min South: Echo Summit to Carson Pass 30 min South: Echo Summit to Carson Pass 7.5 min
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North: Southern Desolation 30 min South: Echo Summit to Carson Pass 30 min South: Echo Summit to Carson Pass 7.5 min
Location |
Main Features: Here Southbound backpackers exit the Desolation Wilderness. You will not see great granite formations again until you drop into Summit City Creek behind Round Top, if you are following the Tahoe to Yosemite Trail. In any case, two miles separate Echo Lake from Echo Summit. The first mile of the trail brings you through a neighborhood of National Forest residences to cross Highway 50 just East of Little Norway. The next mile of trail follows Highway 50 East to Echo Summit, which is a trail head option for Southbound backpackers on the long trails South. Beginning your trip South at Echo Summit trims 32 miles off of your trip South compared to beginning at the Meeks Bay trail head. You should consider medium distance trips South from Echo Summit to Carson Pass, Ebbetts Pass, or Sonora Pass if you don't have the time to backpack from Lake Tahoe to Yosemite or Mount Whitney. |
Mapping Information |
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MileagesMeeks Bay to Echo Summit Miles and Elevations Echo Lake to Echo Summit: 2 miles Meeks Bay trail head to Echo Lake trail head: 28.71 miles Echo Summit to Carson Pass Miles and Elevations
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Map Name: Echo Lake, Calif, 1992. 7.5 topographic.
Compass Offset: Magnetic North is 15 1/2 degrees East of True North
scale: 1:24 000 Contours: 40 feet
Backpacking permitting authority: Lake Tahoe Basin Management UnitNational Forest: LTBMU Wilderness Area: Desolation WildernessPhysical location: Echo Lake and the Echo Summit trail heads are bisected by Highway 50 passing over the Echo Summit. |
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Lake Tahoe: 6226 feet Echo Lake: 7414 feet Echo Summit: 7377 |
Trail Guide, Section: Meeks Bay to The Carson Pass Trail Guide, Segment: Echo Summit to Carson Pass Google Map: All Lake Tahoe trailheads |
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Map Credit |
U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior: The USGS Use search term "Meeks Bay," and "Address," as search type to locate this USGS map. USGS Topographic Map Information |