Dicks Peak & Gilmore Lake via Pacific Crest Trail is a 10.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fallen Leaf, CA. The route passes Gilmore Lake before reaching Dicks Peak at the turnaround, 5.3 miles in. It climbs 3,596 ft, with sections as steep as 39% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,582 – 9,968 ft · steepest grade: 39%10.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Alpine Falls Tract Road 38.87809, -120.07964
Nearest town Fallen Leaf, CA
Directions
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Dicks Peak & Gilmore Lake via Pacific Crest Trail
10.6 mi · ▲ 3,596 ft · 5 hr 20 min
Elevation 6,583–9,968 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Alpine Falls Tract Road · 38.87809, -120.07964
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 86°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.9 miPass Gilmore Lake.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Floating Island / Mount Tallac Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading S.
- 2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miReach Dicks Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.8 miSharp left onto Floating Island / Mount Tallac Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
69% dirt31% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 86°F60°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV8Humidity25%
Hourly temperature
90°60°
Sunrise 6:05 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Wed
84°60°
Thu
87°61°
Fri
88°62°
Sat
88°62°
Sun
87°61°
Mon
86°60°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.3 mi in (~230 min). Leave by 4:00 PM for the 8:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Alpine Falls Tract Road Trailhead
- Gilmore Lake 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,855 ft
- Lily Lake–Angora Lake Trail, 3 sights 5 mi · ▲ 1,479 ft
- Mount Tallac & Gilmore Lake via Floating Island / Mount Tallac Trail 7.1 mi · ▲ 3,194 ft
- Alta Morris Lake–Gilmore Lake, 3 lakes 10 mi · ▲ 2,570 ft
- Floating Island / Mount Tallac Trail 11.5 mi · ▲ 4,407 ft
- Gilmore Lake & Fallen Leaf Lake via Floating Island / Mount Tallac Trail 15.3 mi · ▲ 5,706 ft
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