Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Glen Alpine Spring–Echo Pass viewpoint, 10 sights
14.7 mi · ▲ 2,715 ft · 6 hr 15 min
Glen Alpine Spring–Echo Pass viewpoint, 10 sights is a 14.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Echo Lake, CA. The route passes Echo Pass viewpoint, Lower Echo Lake, Upper Echo Lake and 2 more before reaching Glen Alpine Spring at the turnaround, 7.3 miles in. It climbs 2,715 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Glen Alpine Spring–Echo Pass viewpoint, 10 sights
14.7 mi · ▲ 2,715 ft · 6 hr 15 min
Elevation 6,802–8,345 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 38.83594, -120.04361
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Transit-accessible: Water Taxi stop 157 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Echo Pass viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Lower Echo Lake.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
- 2.3 miPass Upper Echo Lake.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Tamarack Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Margery Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miPass Lake Margery.
- 50 ftPass Lake Lucille.
- 1.3 miBear right onto Grass Lake Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Glen Alpine Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miReach Glen Alpine Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Grass Lake Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Margery Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Tamarack Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading E.
- 4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: Water Taxi stop 157 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Johnson Pass & Pacific Crest Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 473 ft
- Echo Pass viewpoint–Upper Echo Lake, 3 lakes 4.8 mi · ▲ 369 ft
- Upper Echo Lake & Lower Echo Lake via Pacific Crest Trail 5 mi · ▲ 413 ft
- Angora Peak–Upper Echo Lake, 5 sights 10.1 mi · ▲ 2,337 ft
- Echo Pass viewpoint–Upper Echo Lake, 6 lakes 10.6 mi · ▲ 1,564 ft
- Upper Echo Lake–Lower Echo Lake, 7 lakes 14.8 mi · ▲ 2,400 ft
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