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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Gilmore Lake–Floating Island / Mount Tallac Trail, 4 sights

15.5 mi · ▲ 4,411 ft · 7 hr 22 min

Gilmore Lake–Floating Island / Mount Tallac Trail, 4 sights is a 15.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Spring Creek, CA. The route reaches Gilmore Lake. It climbs 4,411 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,431 – 8,734 ft · steepest grade: 23%15.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Floating Island / Mount Tallac Trail 38.92152, -120.06818
Nearest town Spring Creek, CA
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Gilmore Lake–Floating Island / Mount Tallac Trail, 4 sights

15.5 mi · ▲ 4,411 ft · 7 hr 22 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 3: Clear, high 85°F / low 46° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Floating Island / Mount Tallac Trail, heading S.
  2. 3.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.9 miPass Gilmore Lake.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Half Moon Lake Trail, heading S.
  9. 200 ftBear left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading S.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Glen Alpine Trail, heading SW.
  11. 1.8 miReach Gilmore Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 1.8 miBear right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Half Moon Lake Trail, heading NW.
  14. 200 ftContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Floating Island / Mount Tallac Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  17. 0.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 3.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/gilmore-lake-floating-island-mount-tallac-trail-out-back-4-sights-25-km

Trail surface

88% dirt12% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 85°F46°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV8Humidity32%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue 86°62°
Wed 86°60°
Thu 84°60°
Fri 84°61°
Sat 84°61°
Sun 83°60°

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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