Fallen Leaf Lake–Moraine Trail, 3 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tallac Village, CA. The route reaches Fallen Leaf Lake. It climbs 254 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,247 – 6,421 ft5.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Truckee Marsh 38.92356, -120.02660
Nearest town Tallac Village, CA
Directions
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Fallen Leaf Lake–Moraine Trail, 3 sights
5.5 mi · ▲ 254 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Elevation 6,245–6,422 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Truckee Marsh · 38.92356, -120.02660
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Truckee Marsh, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Truckee Marsh Cutoff, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Sand Harbor, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Fallen Leaf Campground, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass Fallen Leaf Lake.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Moraine Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto 15th Street Bike, heading N.
- 1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Sand Harbor, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Truckee Marsh Cutoff, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Truckee Marsh, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
67% dirt20% paved13% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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