Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Echo Pass viewpoint–Lower Echo Lake, 3 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 593 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Echo Pass viewpoint–Lower Echo Lake, 3 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Little Norway, CA. The route passes Lower Echo Lake before reaching Echo Pass viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 593 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Echo Pass viewpoint–Lower Echo Lake, 3 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 593 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Elevation 7,282–7,649 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Ridge Path · 38.82329, -120.03366
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 81°F / low 46° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Johnson Pass Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 300 ftPass Lower Echo Lake.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Echo Lakes Road, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftReach Echo Pass viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Echo Lakes Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Johnson Pass Trail, heading S.
- 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.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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