Gilmore Lake is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fallen Leaf, CA. The route reaches Gilmore Lake at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 1,855 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,582 – 8,393 ft · steepest grade: 32%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Alpine Falls Tract Road 38.87809, -120.07964
Nearest town Fallen Leaf, CA
Directions
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Gilmore Lake
4.7 mi · ▲ 1,855 ft · 2 hr 30 min
Elevation 6,583–8,393 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Alpine Falls Tract Road · 38.87809, -120.07964
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.9 miReach Gilmore Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 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
61% dirt39% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
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
- Alta Morris Lake–Gilmore Lake, 3 lakes 10 mi · ▲ 2,570 ft
- Dicks Peak & Gilmore Lake via Pacific Crest Trail 10.6 mi · ▲ 3,596 ft
- Lily Lake–Angora Lake Trail, 3 sights 5 mi · ▲ 1,479 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
- Mount Tallac & Gilmore Lake via Floating Island / Mount Tallac Trail 7.1 mi · ▲ 3,194 ft
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