Lake Aloha to Echo Lake Trail Head hiking map
Hiking the Tahoe to Yosemite, Tahoe Rim, and Pacific Crest Trails through Desolation Wilderness
30 minute USGS backpacking topo Map of Desolation Wilderness: Placerville
| Topo Maps Index Meeks Bay to Echo Summit | 30 min map NORTH Meeks Bay to Middle Velma Lake | 30 min map SOUTH Echo Lake to Round Top Lake | 7.5 min map Topo Map |
7.5 min map SOUTH: Echo Lake trail head to Echo Summit trail head | Full Desolation Wilderness Topo Map | Click colored map points for links to Trail Guide Pages | 7.5 map: Echo Lake trail head | Trail Guide: Echo Lake |
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Backpacking Phipps Pass to Meiss Country Roadless Area South of Echo Summit
This map has been superceeded-duplicated by the Phipps Pass to Echo Summit 30 minute Hiking Map
30 min map North: North Desolation Wilderness Mileage and Elevations 30 min map South: Echo Summit trailhead to Round Top Lake
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30 min map North: North Desolation Wilderness 30 min map South : Echo Summit trailhead to Round Top Lake
Middle Velma is Where the Tahoe to Yosemite Trail out of Meeks Bay joins the Southbound Pacific Crest Trail.
Dicks Pass through Echo Lake Trailhead |
Main Features: We have been rolling downhill since crossing Dicks Pass. The little bump between Susie Lake and Aloha Lake was inconsequential, and now it's down mountain from the North side of Lake Aloha to the Echo Lake trail head. After passing South of Lake Aloha we again reenter forest cover, which brings much softer trail and more shade than the exposed hard rock surfaces around Lake Aloha. As we continue South a beautiful view of the Echo Lakes stretches out in front of us. During the Summer we have the option of taking a boat taxi ride from the North end of Upper Echo Lake, if you are too lazy to enjoy the hike around Echo Lakes to the Echo Lake Trailhead. |
Desolation Wilderness Mileage and Mapping Information |
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MileagesN side of Aloha Lake to Echo Lake trail head: 7.55 miles
Echo Lake Trailhead Sign MileagesDicks Pass: 13 My count: 10.55
Meeks Bay to Echo Summit Meeks Bay trail head to Lake Genevieve: 4.39 miles Lake Genevieve to Middle Velma Lake: 7.93 miles Middle Velma to N. side, Aloha Lake: 8.84 miles Aloha Lake to Echo Lake trail head: 7.55 miles totals Meeks Bay trail head to Echo Lake trail head: 28.71 miles Meeks Bay trail head to Echo Summit trail head: 30.71 miles
Tahoe to Alpine Trail Guide Index Meeks Bay trail head |
USGS Mapping informationMap Name: USGS Placerville Calif, 1976, 30x60 minute Topographic Compass Offset: Magnetic North is 18 degrees, 34' East of True North scale: 1:100 000 Contours: 50 meters Backpacking Permitting Authority Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit TahoeWhitney: Contact Information Feds: Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
National Forest LTBMU Wilderness Area: Desolation Wilderness, TahoeWhitney Desolation Wilderness, the feds.
Meeks Bay trail head
Physical location Physical location Desolation Wilderness West of Cascade and Fallen Leaf Lakes. Between Highway 89 and Highway 50 in the Desolation Wilderness Heading South towards Highway 50. East of Twin Bridges, West of Fallen Leaf Lake. |
last 30 min map: Middle Velma Lake to Aloha Lake next 30 min map: Echo Lake trail head to Echo Summit trail head
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Lake Aloha: 8120 feet Echo Lake: 7414 feet elevation change: - 706 feet |
Trail Guide, Section: Meeks Bay to The Carson Gap Trail Guide, Segment: Meeks Bay Trail head Google Map: All Lake Tahoe trailheads |
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Map Credit |
U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior The USGS Get this topo from the:
USGS Topographic Map Information |
This trail started at the Meeks Bay Trailhead