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Dicks Lake   Lake Aloha
Dicks, and Fontanillis Lakes from Dicks Pass

Backpacking
The Clarks Fork of the Stanislaus River

Hiking
The Tahoe to Yosemite Trail
and
The Pacific Crest Trail

ACROSS the HEART of the CARSON ICEBERG WILDERNESS

7.5 minute USGS Backpacking Topo Maps

Aloha Lake under Pyramid Peak from Dicks Pass
                 
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Lake Alpine
to
Saint Marys Pass
NORTH
TYT

Arnot Creek
to
Jenkins Canyon

SOUTH
TYT

Saint Marys Pass

EAST
to
PCT


Boulder Lake
to
Pacific Crest Trail
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Lake Alpine
to
Saint Marys Pass
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Carson Iceberg Wilderness
Section

Lake Alpine
to
Saint Marys Pass
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Jenkins Canyon
to
Boulder Creek
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Miles


Tahoe
to
Whitney
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Lake
Alpine
to
Saint Marys Pass
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Tahoe
to
Whitney
Carson Gap
to
Lake Alpine
Miles and Elevations

 Lake Alpine
to
Saint Marys
Pass
Sonora Pass
to
Tuolumne Meadows

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Highways 4
and
108 Roadmap

         

Arnot Creek, Disaster Creek, and Boulder Creek Trails with their Trailheads

ALL CONNECTING
the
PCT to the TYT

TYT TOPO MAP
North
Jenkins Canyon to End of Clarks Fork Road
TYT-PCT Topo Map
East
Boulder Lake to Pacific Crest Trail

Click Red Dots
Click Labels pointing to Adjacent Maps

TYT TOPO MAP
South
Saint Marys Pass
Arnot and Disaster Creeks, Clarks Fork backpacking map.
TYT TOPO MAP
North
Jenkins Canyon to End of Clarks Fork Road
TYT-PCT Topo Map
East
Boulder Lake to Pacific Crest Trail

Click Red Dots
Click Labels pointing to Adjacent Maps

TYT TOPO MAP
South
Saint Marys Pass

Above is an "Eye Test" for backpackers. Look carefully at the map. If you can not see lots of fantastic loop trips for every skill and fitness level, you need to get your head examined, if not your eyes...

Mapology

MAP NOTE
Those squares breaking the USGS maps up into grids are the Universal Transverse Mercator / Military Grid Reference System, otherwise commonly known as UTM.

What's important for our general reference purpose is that each side of a square is 1000 meters, or a Kilometer.

From my point of view that is 1093.6 yards or .62 of a mile.

Diagonal: 1414.22 meters, if my trig is correct.

That converts the diagonal distance into 4,639.8 feet or .88 of a mile.

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Location

The
HEART
of the

Carson Iceberg Wilderness
Bound Together
by the

Tahoe to Yosemite and the Pacific Crest Trails

and the
Four Trails Linking Them

Main Features

Local Hikers
This map acts as an index to the Heart of the Carson Iceberg Wilderness.

The main target of this map are the routes of the Tahoe to Yosemite and Pacific Crest Trails running North and South from their respective trailheads on Highway 4 to our North down to Highway 108 to the South across the Heart of the Carson Iceberg Wilderness.

What makes this map effective is its depiction of the totality of three of the four trails connecting the TYT and PCT across the Carson Iceberg, while pointing at the route of the fourth route linking these classic trails.

These four routes linking the PCT and TYT allow us to craft a wide variety of looping and "lollypop" backpacking trips around the Carson Iceberg Wilderness, from virtually any direction.

The map above hints at our Eastern Entrance via the remote Corral Valley Trailhead, while highlighting Highland Lake's deep road access to trailheads accessing either the PCT or TYT.


Location

Main Features

Two Trails from the Tahoe to Yosemite Trail to the Pacific Crest Trail

Disaster Creek Trail

Disaster Creek Trailhead to Lower Gardner Meadow

Disaster Creek Trailhead                               0                                                                               

1st Junction, to PCT S of Boulder Peak        2.83

                                                                      .08

2nd Junction, to PCT @ Golden Canyon       2.91

                                                                     1.27

3rd Junction, spur trail                                 4.18

                                                                        .75

Entering Arnot                                              4.93

                                                                         .72

Arnot Creek ford                                            5.65

                                                                         .52

Junction with Arnot Creek Trail / Upper Gardner Meadow                                                         6.17

                                                                          .85

Junction with Gardner Meadow Trail               7.02

                                                                      1.03

Wolf Creek Pass, PCT                                    8.05

 

 

Boulder Lake Trail

Hiking 2.56 miles South past the Clarks Fork Trailhead at the end of the Clarks Fork Road we encounter the Boulder Lake trail junction.

From here we can either continue South up the Clarks Fork of the Stanislaus River towards Saint Marys Pass or hike up to the PCT above the East Fork of the Carson River via Boulder Lake.

Trail Guide Pages

Hike the Boulder Lake trail up to Boulder Lake and on to the Boulder Lake trail junction on the Pacific Crest Trail.

MAP

Miles and Elevations

Boulder Lake East from the TYT to the PCT

Boulder Lake trail jnct                 6960 feet          0 miles

                                                                                       

Boulder Lake                              8160 feet           1.39

                                                                           +1.35

PCT @ Boulder Lake trail jnct    8650 feet             2.74

The total distance between the Boulder Lake Junction on the Tahoe to Yosemite Trail to the Boulder Lake Junction on the Pacific Crest Trail is 2.74 miles.

The elevation difference is 1690 feet.

This is the shortest of all 4 trails linking the Tahoe to Yosemite Trail with the Pacific Crest Trail through the Carson Iceberg Wilderness.

Boulder Lake MAP

South
Tahoe to Yosemite Trail

Boulder Creek to Saint Marys Pass
TRAIL

9.05 miles.

Miles and Elevations

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TOPO MAP North: Jenkins Canyon to end of Clarks Fork Road                    Topo Map East: Boulder Lake to Pacific Crest Trail                                    Click Red Dots                     TOPO MAP South: Saint Marys Pass

Mapping Information

 

Mileages

Lake Alpine to Saint Marys Pass

 

 

Trail Guide

Highway 4 to Highway 108
Trail Guide Index

Lake Alpine
trail head

 

 

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USGS Topo Map Information

West Map
Dardanelles Cone, Calif, 1979, USGS 7.5 minute Topographic

East Map
Disaster Peak, Calif, 1979, USGS 7.5 minute Topographic

Compass Offset
Magnetic North is 18 degrees, 34 minutes East of True North

scale
1:24 000

Contours
80 Feet

 

Backpacking permitting authorities

Trail Guide
National Forest Contacts
Stanislaus National Forest

Federal Information
Wilderness Area
Carson Iceberg Wilderness

Federal Information
Ranger District
Summit Ranger District

Physical location
Approaching Highway 108 from the Northwest

 
TOPO MAP North: Jenkins Canyon to end of Clarks Fork Road                     Topo Map East: Boulder Lake to Pacific Crest Trail                                    Click Red Dots                     TOPO MAP South: Saint Marys Pass
Elevations   More Information

End of Clarks Fork Road
6400 feet

 

TYT at Boulder Creek
6960 feet

 

End of Marked Trail
8800 feet

Trail Guide Section
Highway 4 to Highway 108

Trail Guide Section
Highway 108 to 120

Trail Guide Page
Jenkins Canyon to Boulder Creek

Trail Guide Page
Boulder Creek to Saint Marys Pass

Trail Guide Page
Sonora Pass

Google Map: North and South
Highway and Road access
to
Carson Iceberg Wilderness


Map Credit
Thanks, USGS !

U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior

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Highland Lake
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Arnot Creek
Trailhead

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Sonora and Saint Marys Passes

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