Lily Lake & Lily Lake Trail via Tamarack Trail is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fallen Leaf, CA. The route passes Lily Lake before reaching Lily Lake at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 861 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,555 – 7,326 ft5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Clark Trail 38.88219, -120.05466
Nearest town Fallen Leaf, CA
Directions
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Lily Lake & Lily Lake Trail via Tamarack Trail
5.4 mi · ▲ 861 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Elevation 6,554–7,325 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Clark Trail · 38.88219, -120.05466
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Angora Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Lily Lake Trail, heading W.
- 1.5 miPass Lily Lake.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Tamarack Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Lily Lake Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Lily Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tamarack Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Lily Lake Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Angora Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Clark Trail Trailhead
- Lily Lake–Lake of the Woods, 4 sights 12.9 mi · ▲ 3,252 ft
- Fallen Leaf Lake–Sawmill Pond, 4 sights 12.6 mi · ▲ 1,281 ft
- Gunmount North Road–Mule Deer Connector, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 858 ft
- Lily Lake & Lily Lake Trail via Angora Ridge Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 746 ft
- Angora Ridge Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 587 ft
- Angora Peak–Lily Lake, 3 summits 11.6 mi · ▲ 3,602 ft
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