Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Alta Morris Lake–Gilmore Lake, 4 sights
15.7 mi · ▲ 3,820 ft · 7 hr 9 min
Alta Morris Lake–Gilmore Lake, 4 sights is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Spring Creek, CA. The route passes Gilmore Lake before reaching Alta Morris Lake at the turnaround, 7.8 miles in. It climbs 3,820 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Alta Morris Lake–Gilmore Lake, 4 sights
15.7 mi · ▲ 3,820 ft · 7 hr 9 min
Elevation 6,431–8,733 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Floating Island / Mount Tallac Trail · 38.92152, -120.06818
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 85°F / low 46° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Floating Island / Mount Tallac Trail, heading S.
- 3.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miPass Gilmore Lake.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Half Moon Lake Trail, heading S.
- 1.9 miReach Alta Morris Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.9 miSharp left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Floating Island / Mount Tallac Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 3.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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