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
+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 Company
PCT/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 turns 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 Pond 8800 10.61
-200 1.39
PCT to Carson Pass 8600 12.00
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Tahoe to Yosemite Trail Junction #1
Shortly South of the Carson Gap, an unmarked trail junction appears on our 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 to join the trail down from the upper junction towards Round Top Lake via Woods Lake.
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Trail Guide Index
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4 Maps
NW
Echo Lake, USGS 1992 7.5 Topographic Map
NE
Freel Peak, USGS 1992 7.5 Topographic Map
SW
Caples Lake, USGS 1992 7.5 Topographic Map
SE
Carson Pass, USGS 1992 7.5 Topographic Map
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 Website
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
National Forest
LTBMU
Wilderness Area
Meiss 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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