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Glen Alpine Spring–Lily Lake, 9 sights is a 15.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fallen Leaf, CA. The route passes Lily Lake, Lake Margery and Lake Lucille before reaching Glen Alpine Spring at the turnaround, 7.7 miles in. It climbs 4,260 ft, with sections as steep as 45% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,634 – 8,373 ft · steepest grade: 45%15.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Angora Lake Trail 38.87162, -120.06327
Nearest town Fallen Leaf, CA

Directions

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Glen Alpine Spring–Lily Lake, 9 sights

15.4 mi · ▲ 4,260 ft · 7 hr 16 min

Elevation 6,634–8,373 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Angora Lake Trail · 38.87162, -120.06327

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Angora Lake Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miBear left onto Lily Lake Trail, heading W.
  3. 1.5 miPass Lily Lake.
  4. 150 ftSharp left onto Tamarack Trail, heading W.
  5. 2.7 miContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.6 miBear right onto Margery Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miPass Lake Margery.
  8. 50 ftPass Lake Lucille.
  9. 1.3 miBear right onto Grass Lake Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.6 miTurn right onto Glen Alpine Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.6 miReach Glen Alpine Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.6 miTurn left onto Grass Lake Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Margery Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.3 miBear left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Tamarack Trail, heading E.
  17. 2.7 miSharp right onto Lily Lake Trail, heading NE.
  18. 1.5 miBear right onto Angora Lake Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

79% dirt21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 8:10 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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