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Banner:Backpacking Maps Echo Summit to Carson Pass Meiss Roadless
South out of Echo Summit a massive Granite ridge sits West of the trail

 

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Maps Trail Guide Pages Miles and Elevations Pages, Permits, Weather Weather
TOPO MAPS NORTH Meeks Bay to Echo Summit TOPO MAPS SOUTH Carson Gap to Highway 4 ALL MAPS INDEX Echo Summit South Upper Truckee Carson Gap INDEX ECHO SUMMIT TO CARSON PASS THIS SECTION Echo Summit to Carson Pass PCT South Carson Pass to Ebbetts Pass TY Trail South Carson Pass to Lake Alpine all Meeks Bay page Permits Lake Tahoe Basin

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Maps Trail Guide Miles and Elevations    

Echo Summit to the Carson Pass

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and The South Upper Truckee through Meiss Country Hiking Maps

 

Following The Pacific Crest and Tahoe to Yosemite Trails across

The Meiss Roadless Area & More

(The PCT and the TY trails follow the same route between Echo Summit and the Carson Gap)

7.5 min backpacking maps

30 minute backpacking maps

1> Pacific Crest Trail, Tahoe Rim Trail & Tahoe Yosemite Trail: Echo Summit, South Upper Truckee, and Big Meadow trailheads to the Carson Pass

A detailed topo hiking map of the main long distance trails across the Meiss Country Roadless Area.

Including Round Lake, Showers Lake, Meiss Lake, Meiss Cabin, and Carson Pass.

The 7.5 map provide high detail.

The 30 min maps promote understanding the trail in broad context of the local terrain.

 

1> Pacific Crest Trail, Tahoe Rim Trail & Tahoe to Yosemite Trail: Echo Summit, South Upper Truckee, Big Meadow, and Carson Pass Trailheads

A large topo trail map of Meiss Country & Carson Pass Management Area to Round Top on TYT and Forestdale Divide on the PCT. The TRT turns North from Meiss Cabin, remaining within the Tahoe Basin. Topo map includes side trail access from Highways 50, 88, and 89 which bound the Meiss Roadless Area.

2> Tahoe to Yosemite Trail & Pacific Crest Trail: Echo Summit to Lake Alpine

A long view topo map of the TYT route through Meiss, CPMA, and Mokelumne Wilderness to Lake Alpine on Highway 4. PCT from Echo Summit to Lost Lakes near Blue Lakes.

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Topo Maps North

South Desolation Region Backpackpacking Map, 30 min

Map index North: Meeks Bay to Echo Summit Maps

 
   

Topo Maps South

Carson Pass Region Backpackpacking Map, 7.5 min

Map index Tahoe to Yosemite Trail South: Carson Gap to Lake Alpine on Highway 4 Maps

Map index Pacific Crest Trail South: Carson Pass to Ebbetts Pass on Highway 4 Maps

   

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