Dicks Lake
East of Aloha Lake through the Echo Lake Trailhead hiking map
Hiking the Tahoe to Yosemite and Pacific Crest Trails through Southern Desolation Wilderness
7.5 minute USGS Backpacking Topo Map: Echo Lake
Map Index |
North 7.5 map Lake Aloha |
South 7.5 MAP Echo Lake to Echo Summit | South 30 min map Echo Lake To Carson Pass |
30 min MAP section Phipps Pass to Echo Summit Trailhead | Click map dots for links to Trail Guide Page | Trail Guide Junctions South of Lake Aloha |
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South Desolation Wilderness 5.54 miles from Lucille-Majory Lakes junction to Lower Echo Lake Trailhead
North: Lake Aloha to Boat Taxi Miles and Elevations Click Red Dots South: Haypress Meadow to Highway 50
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North: Lake Aloha Miles and Elevations South: Haypress Meadow to Highway 50 Further South: Echo Summit to Carson Pass
Desolation Wilderness Mapping Information, miles, and Elevations |
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MileagesNorth side of Aloha Lake to Echo Lake trailhead: 7.55 miles Also see Lake Aloha 30 min Map I am particularly impressed by the depiction of Lake Aloha full during Spring above, and how it looks during Fall on the 30 min Map. 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 North side of Aloha Lake to Echo Lake trail head: 7.55 miles Echo Lake trail head to Echo Summit Trail head: 2 miles Totals Meeks Bay trail head to Echo Lake trailhead: 28.71 miles Meeks Bay trail head to Echo Summit trailhead: 30.71 miles Lake Tahoe to Lake Alpine Trail Guide Index Meeks Bay trail head 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 Between Highway 89 and Highway 50 in the Desolation Wilderness |
USGS Map InformationMap Name: Echo Lake Calif.-Nev., 1992, 7.5 minute Topographic
Compass Offset: Magnetic North is 18 degrees, 34 minutes East of True North
scale: 1:24 000 Contours: 40 feet
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Physical location Desolation Wilderness Region Map Tahoe to Alpine Trail Guide Index
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North 7.5 map: Lake Aloha South 7.5 min map: Echo Lake to Echo Summit
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Lake Aloha: 8120 feet Echo Lake Trailhead : 7414 feet Elevation change: -706 Nearby Mountain Altitudes Keiths Dome: 8646 Echo Peak: 8895 Flagpole Peak: 8639 Ralston Peak: 9235 Talking Mountain: 8824 |
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 Inferior The USGS
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