Mileages and Elevations
Section Maps: Meeks Bay to Echo Summit
Section Miles and Elevations: Meeks Bay to Echo Summit
Meeks Bay to Echo Summit: 30.71 miles
Meeks Bay up to Phipps Pass
Topo Map: Meeks Bay to Lake Genevieve
+2561 feet, 8.88 miles
Location Elevation Mileage
Start: Meeks Bay 6239 0
+1161
Lake Genevieve 7400 4.39
+40 .38
Crag Lake 7440 4.77
+120 .58
Hidden Lake Jnct 7560 5.35
+240 .68
N. side, Stony Ridge Lake 7800 6.03
-- .59
S. side, Stony Ridge 7800 6.62
+560 1.13
Rubicon Lake 8360 7.75
+40 .14
Grouse Lake Jnct 8400 7.89
+400 .94
Grouse Jnct 2 8800 8.73
0 .15
Phipps Pass 8800 8.88
Total elevation gain, Meeks to Phipps: 2561'
Backpacking Phipps Pass down to Middle Velma Lake
Desolation Wilderness
- 880 feet, 3.44 miles
Phipps Pass 8800 8.88
-720 2.62
PCT Junction 8080 11.5
-160 .82
Middle Velma Lake 7920 12.32
Backpacking Middle Velma up to Dicks Pass
Desolation Wilderness
+1430 feet, 4.51 miles
Middle Velma Lake 7920 12.32
+40 .10
Velma Lakes Trail Jnct 7960 12.42
-- .27
Maggie Peak/Emrld Bay Jnct 7960 12.69
+ 400 1.17
Fontanillis Lake N. side 8360 13.86
-- .67
Fontanillis Al camp #2 8360 14.53
+120 .65
Maggie Peak/Emrld Bay Jnct #2 8480 15.18
+910 1.65
Dicks Pass 9390 16.83
Backpacking Dicks Pass down to Susie Lake
Desolation Wilderness
-1590, 2.93 miles
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
Susie Lake to the North side of Lake Aloha
+320 feet, 1.4 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
North side of Lake Aloha to Echo Summit
End of the Desolation Wilderness
- 706 feet, 9.55 miles
N. Lake Aloha/Rubicon Jnct 8120 21.16
+40 1.42
Lake of the Woods Jnct 8160 22.58
-80 .59
Lake Lucille/ Margery Jnct, (L)
and Lake of the Woods (R) 8080 23.17
+240 .41
Lake Lucille/ Margery Jnct, #2 (L),
and Lake of the Woods #4 (R) 8320 23.58
-80 .76
Traingle/Lilly Lakes Jnct 8240 24.34
-360 .68
Tamarack Lake Jnct 7880 25.02
-80 .46
Triangle/Lilly 2nd Jnct 7800 25.48
-280 .61
Boat Taxi Dock 7520 26.09
-106 2.62
Echo Lake Trail Head 7414 28.71
-37 2.00
Echo Summit Trail Head 7377 30.71
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Topo Map Information
Map Names: Placerville and Truckee Calif., 1976 and 1977, 30x60 minute USGS Topographic Maps
Compass Offset: Magnetic North is 18 degrees, 34 minutes East of True North
scale: 1:100 000
Contours: 50 meters
Backpacking permitting authority
TahoeWhitney: Contact Information
Feds: Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
National Forest: LTBMU
Wilderness Area
TahoeWhitney: Meiss Country Roadless Area
Feds: Desolation Wilderness
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