Fallen Leaf Lake–Truckee Marsh Loop, 3 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Spring Creek, CA. The route reaches Fallen Leaf Lake. It is mostly level, with 187 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,234 – 6,421 ft5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Moraine Trail 38.92344, -120.05465
Nearest town Spring Creek, CA
Directions
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Fallen Leaf Lake–Truckee Marsh Loop, 3 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 187 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 6,232–6,422 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Moraine Trail · 38.92344, -120.05465
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass Fallen Leaf Lake.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Sand Harbor, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Truckee Marsh Cutoff, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Truckee Marsh, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Truckee Marsh Loop, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Fallen Leaf Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Truckee Marsh, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Truckee Marsh Cutoff, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Sand Harbor, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Fallen Leaf Campground, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
79% dirt3% paved18% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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