Lily Lake–Upper Echo Lake, 5 sights is a 16-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tallac Village, CA. The route passes Lily Lake before reaching Upper Echo Lake at the turnaround, 8 miles in. It climbs 4,130 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,355 – 8,242 ft · steepest grade: 34%16.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 38.89376, -120.03084
Nearest town Tallac Village, CA
Directions
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Lily Lake–Upper Echo Lake, 5 sights
16 mi · ▲ 4,130 ft · 7 hr 24 min
Elevation 6,354–8,241 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 38.89376, -120.03084
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 84°F / low 43° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Forest Mountain Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Mule Deer Connector, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Angora Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miBear right onto Lily Lake Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miPass Lily Lake.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Tamarack Trail, heading SW.
- 2 miTurn left onto Triangle Lake Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miPass Upper Echo Lake.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftReach Lily Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Triangle Lake Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Tamarack Trail, heading NW.
- 2 miSharp right onto Lily Lake Trail, heading NE.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Angora Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Mule Deer Connector, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Forest Mountain Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 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
92% dirt8% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 84°F43°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV9Humidity19%
Hourly temperature
85°40°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue
86°58°
Wed
86°59°
Thu
89°62°
Fri
88°64°
Sat
89°64°
Sun
89°62°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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