Gilmore Lake–Fallen Leaf Lake, 3 lakes is a 12.2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Spring Creek, CA. The route passes Fallen Leaf Lake before reaching Gilmore Lake at the turnaround, 6.1 miles in. It climbs 3,135 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,372 – 8,734 ft · steepest grade: 22%12.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Moraine Trail 38.92344, -120.05465
Nearest town Spring Creek, CA
Directions
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Gilmore Lake–Fallen Leaf Lake, 3 lakes
12.2 mi · ▲ 3,135 ft · 5 hr 38 min
Elevation 6,371–8,733 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Moraine Trail · 38.92344, -120.05465
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 85°F / low 47° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Moraine Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miPass Fallen Leaf Lake.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Floating Island / Mount Tallac Trail, heading SW.
- 3.5 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miReach Gilmore Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 3.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 300 ftBear left onto Moraine Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 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
85% dirt15% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 85°F47°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV8Humidity32%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue
87°62°
Wed
86°60°
Thu
83°60°
Fri
83°61°
Sat
84°61°
Sun
84°60°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Moraine Trail Trailhead
- 15th Street Bike 2.5 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- 15th Street Bike 2.6 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Fallen Leaf Path via 15th Street Bike 3.2 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- 15th Street Bike 4.3 mi · ▲ 136 ft
- Fallen Leaf Lake–Truckee Marsh Loop, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 187 ft
- Witch's Pond–Fallen Leaf Lake, 3 lakes 8.9 mi · ▲ 2,268 ft
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