Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Pacific Crest Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 377 ft · 49 min
Pacific Crest Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Echo Lake, CA. It climbs 377 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pacific Crest Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 377 ft · 49 min
Elevation 7,229–7,579 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: connector · 38.83145, -120.03971
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 49°F / low 38° · precip 27% · wind 16 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: Water Taxi stop 548 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miReach Pacific Crest Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 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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Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Transit-accessible: Water Taxi stop 548 m from the trailhead
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