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7.5 minute USGS Backpacker's Topo Hiking Maps of the Central Desolation Wilderness: Rockbound Valley & Emerald Bay

Aloha Lake under Pyramid Peak from Dicks Pass
Topo Maps Index Meeks Bay to Echo Summit NORTH Desolation Wilderness topo map Meeks Bay to Dicks Pass

SOUTH Desolation Wilderness topo map Dicks Pass to Lower Echo Lake

30 min topo map Meeks Bay to Middle Velma Lake   Full Desolation Wilderness Topo Map Click RED DOTS for links to Trail Guide Pages trail guide Phipps Pass Weather all maps all pages miles and elevations map info

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Central Desolation Wilderness

Backpacking 12.28 miles from Phipps Pass to Lake Aloha

Milee and Elevations      Click RED DOTS            

North Desolation MAP: Meeks Bay to Dicks Pass     South 7.5 min detailed MAP:Lake Aloha    Milee and Elevations      Click RED DOTS   SOUTH Desolation Wilderness 7.5 map: Dicks Pass to Lower Echo Lake

Phipps Pass to Lake Aloha topo hiking map of the Desolation Wilderness Pacific Crest and Tahoe to Yosemite Trails.

North Desolation Wilderness 7.5 map: Meeks Bay to Dicks Pass                                           South Desolation Wilderness 7.5 map: Dicks Pass to Lower Echo Lake

North 7.5 detailed map: Genevieve Lake to Phipps Pass                                           South 7.5 detailed map: Lake Aloha

Desolation Wilderness Mapping Information, Miles, and Elevations

Phipps Pass to N Side Aloha Lake

12.28 miles

Location          Elevation      Mileage (from Meeks Bay Trailhead)                    

Phipps Pass      8800                8.88

 

Going Down to Middle Velma Lake from Phipps Pass - 880 feet, 3.44 miles

                          -720                2.62   

PCT Junction             8080                11.5

                               -160                  .82   

Middle Velma            7920               12.32

                               +40                   .10

 

Going Up to Dicks Pass: +1430 feet, 4.41 miles

Velma Lakes Trail Jnct            7960       12.42

                                           ----              .27

Maggie Pk/Emrld Bay Jnct       7960        12.69

                                           +400         1.17

N. side, Fontanillis Lake          8360       13.86

                                           ----              .67

Al camp #2 Font. Lake             8360       14.53

                                           +120            .65

Maggie Pk/Emrld Bay Jnct #2> 8320       15.18

                                           +910           1.65

Dicks Pass                                 9390        16.83

 

Backpacking Dicks Pass down to Susie LakeDesolation Wilderness

-1590, 2.93 miles

Map: Phipps Pass to Susie Lake

Dicks Pass                            9390         16.83

                              -1090            1.33      

Gilmore Lake Jnct                  8300           18.16

                              -180                .59          

Hlf Moon/Gln Alpine Jnct        8120            18.75

                              -240            .30      

Glen Alpine Jnct 2                  7880            19.05

                               -80                  .31         

E. side Susie Lake                7800             19.36

                               --                     .40         

W. side Susie Lake              7800            19.76

 
Map: Aloha Lake
Map: Upper Echo Lake 
Map: Lower Echo Lake

 

Backpacking Down and Out, (and up and down!)

Susie Lake to Echo Lake Trail Head,

Desolation Wilderness

- 543 feet, 10.95 miles

W. side Susie Lake              7800     19.76

                                  +120             .56       

W. side Heather Lake            7920       20.32

                                 +200        .84    

N. Lake Aloha/Rubicon Jnct   8120     21.16

Meeks Bay to Echo Summit miles and elevations

Also see the Lake Genevieve to Middle Velma Lake, and Middle Velma Lake to Lake Aloha 30 minute Map Series

USGS Map Information

Left Map Name: Rockbound Valley California, 7.5 Quadrangle, 1992

Right Map Name: Emerald Bay, 1992

Compass Offset: Magnetic North is 15 1/2 degrees East of True North

scale: 1:24 000

Contours: 40 Feet

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Backpacking Permitting Authority

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Contact Information

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

 

National Forest

LTBMU

 

Wilderness Area:

Desolation Wilderness, TahoeWhitney

Desolation Wilderness, the feds.

 

Physical location:

Desolation Wilderness Region Map

 

Tahoe to Alpine Trail Guide Index

Meeks Bay trail head

 

 

Middle Velma Lake in Desolation Wilderness on the Pacific Crest and Tahoe to Yosemite Trails

Middle Velma Lake in Desolation Wilderness on the Pacific Crest and Tahoe to Yosemite Trails.

 

 

Map Credit

U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior: The USGS

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North Desolation Wilderness 7.5 map: Meeks Bay to Dicks Pass                 South Desolation Wilderness 7.5 map: Dicks Pass to Lower Echo Lake

North 7.5 detailed map: Genevieve Lake to Phipps Pass                                           South 7.5 detailed map: Lake Aloha

Elevations More Information

Phipps Pass: 8800 feet

Middle Velma Lake: 7920 feet

Dicks Pass: 9390 feet

Susie Lake: 7800 feet

Trail Guide, Section: Meeks Bay to The Carson Gap

Trail Guide, Segment: Meeks Bay Trail head

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This trail guide began at the Meeks Bay Trailhead

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