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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 Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 83°F / low 43° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Truckee Marsh, heading S.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Truckee Marsh Cutoff, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miBear right onto Sand Harbor, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miBear right onto Fallen Leaf Campground, heading W.
  5. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miPass Fallen Leaf Lake.
  7. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  8. 0.6 miSharp right onto Moraine Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  10. 0.9 miSharp right onto 15th Street Bike, heading N.
  11. 1 miBear left, heading SE.
  12. 0.7 miBear left onto Sand Harbor, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miBear left onto Truckee Marsh Cutoff, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miBear left onto Truckee Marsh, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

67% dirt20% paved13% unspecified

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 83°F43°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV8Humidity25%
Hourly temperature
85°40°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue 86°58°
Wed 86°58°
Thu 84°61°
Fri 84°62°
Sat 84°62°
Sun 85°61°

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