The Meiss Country Roadless Area Hiking Map
Backpacking the Tahoe to Yosemite and Pacific Crest Trails & Side routes
USGS 7.5 minute Backpacking Topo Map, Echo Summit and South Upper Truckee Trailheads to The Carson Pass: Echo and Caples Lakes Maps
| Tahoe to Alpine maps index | North: 7.5 min map, Echo Lake to Echo Summit | South: 7.5 min map, THE CARSON PASS REGION | 30 min MAP: Echo Summit to Carson Gap | NORTH: Full Desolation Wilderness Topo Map | Echo Summit Area Weather Map | Trail Guide Echo Summit | Trail Guide South Upper Truckee, Meyers |
Trail Guide Carson Gap |
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Great Hiking : Echo Summit and South Upper Truckee Trailheads to Carson Pass
Echo Summit to Carson Pass miles and elevations CLICK RED DOTS Meyers to Carson Gap miles and elevations
Far North: Desolation Wilderness Map North: Echo Summit to Echo Lake Map South: Carson Pass Region Map
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Far North: Desolation Wilderness Map North: Echo Summit to Echo Lake Map South: The Carson Pass Region Map
30 min version of this map: Echo Summit to the Carson Pass
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Main Features: This Map Follows the Pacific Crest, Tahoe to Yosemite, and Tahoe Rim Trails, which all share the same route through The Meiss Roadless Area between Echo Summit and Carson Pass. Excepting the Tahoe Rim Trail, who's turn at the Round Lake Trail junction near Meiss Cabin marks this trails furthest point to the South before it circles Northwest following the Lake Tahoe Rim. Visit Showers Lake, Meiss Lake, and Meiss Cabin on your way South on the main High Sierra Trails. Or come out to visit this pretty area for a couple of days of local backpacking. |
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Mileages Backpacking Miles: Meiss Roadless Ares The trail South from Echo Summit to Carson Pass is a roller coaster from Echo Summit to Showers Lake. After Showers you drop down into Meiss Meadow, where you begin a gentle climb up to the Carson Gap, where the Tahoe to Yosemite and Pacific Crest Trails diverge. Location Elevation Mileage Start: Echo Summit 7377 0+143 .91 Duck Lake trail junction 7520 .91 +1000 2.58 Sayles Canyon/Bryan Meadow jnct 8520 3.49 +440 2.12 Schneider's Camp junction 8960 5.61 -160 1.19 1st Showers Lake junction 8800 6.80 -120 .41 2nd Showers Lake junction 8680 7.21 +280 1.88 Round Lake trail/Meiss Cabin 8400 9.09 +400 1.52 Carson Gap Pond 8800 10.61 The Tahoe to Yosemite and Pacific Crest Trails Part CompanyPCT/TY trail junction looking South towards Round Top Just South of the Carson Gap is the 1st Southbound Junction between the Pacific Crest Trail, which continues East to Carson Pass, and the Tahoe to Yosemite Trail, which heads right, and straight down to Highway 88, off an unmarked trail junction just South of the Carson Gap. The Pacific Crest Trail continues to follow the main trail towards Carson Pass: Carson Gap Lake 8800 10.61 -200 1.39 PCT to Carson Pass 8600 12.00 ...Tahoe to Yosemite Trail Junction #1Shortly South of the Carson Gap, an unmarked trail junction appears on your right, and heads almost straight down to Highway 88 towards Woods Lake. Carson Gap 8800 10.61 -400 .6 to Hwy 88 8400 11.2 The Second Tahoe to Yosemite trail junction lays just South of Carson Pass, where the trail branches off towards Round Top Lake via Winnamuca Lake.
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Map Names: Echo Lake, Freel Peak, and Caples Lake. All are USGS 1992 7.5 Topographic Maps
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 Unit TahoeWhitney: Contact Information Feds: Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
National Forest LTBMU Wilderness AreaMeiss Country Roadless Area, TahoeWhitney Meiss Roadless Area, feds
Physical location:The Meiss Country Roadless Area is bounded by Highway 50 on North, Highway 89 on East, and Highway 88 to the South* * *
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map North: Echo Lake to Echo Summit map South: THE CARSON PASS
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Lake Tahoe: 6226 feet Echo Summit Trail head: 7377 feet Upper South Truckee Trailhead: 6520 feet Carson Gap: 8800 feet |
Trail Guide, Section: Meeks Bay to The Carson Gap Trail Guide, Segment: Echo Summit Trailhead Trail Guide, Segment: South Upper Truckee Trailhead Google Map: All Lake Tahoe Trailheads |
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