Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Johnson Pass & Pacific Crest Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 473 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Johnson Pass & Pacific Crest Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Echo Lake, CA. The route reaches Johnson Pass at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 473 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Johnson Pass & Pacific Crest Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 473 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Elevation 7,282–7,649 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Pacific Crest Trail · 38.83417, -120.04254
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Transit-accessible: Water Taxi stop 177 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Johnson Pass Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Johnson Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Transit-accessible: Water Taxi stop 177 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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