Showers Lake & Showers Lake Trail via Pacific Crest Trail is a 13.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kirkwood, CA. The route reaches Showers Lake. It climbs 2,656 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi8,514 – 9,413 ft · steepest grade: 22%13.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Pacific Crest Trail 38.69484, -119.98928
Nearest town Kirkwood, CA
Directions
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Showers Lake & Showers Lake Trail via Pacific Crest Trail
13.6 mi · ▲ 2,656 ft · 5 hr 52 min
Elevation 8,513–9,413 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Pacific Crest Trail · 38.69484, -119.98928
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 75°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 2.6 miContinue straight onto Schneider Camp Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Showers Lake Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miPass Showers Lake.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading N.
- 2 miReach Showers Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 miContinue straight onto Showers Lake Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Schneider Camp Trail, heading S.
- 2.7 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 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
50% dirt50% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 75°F52°
Precip0%Wind11 mphUV9Humidity27%
Hourly temperature
75°50°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue
76°55°
Wed
77°55°
Thu
81°54°
Fri
81°55°
Sat
81°56°
Sun
81°54°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 7:34 PM for the 8:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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