AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Witch's Pond & Fallen Leaf Lake

4 mi · ▲ 633 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Witch's Pond & Fallen Leaf Lake is a 4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Spring Creek, CA. The route passes Fallen Leaf Lake before reaching Witch's Pond at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 633 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,398 – 6,611 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.91427, -120.06797
Nearest town Spring Creek, CA
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Witch's Pond & Fallen Leaf Lake

4 mi · ▲ 633 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Elevation 6,398–6,611 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 38.91427, -120.06797

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.8 miPass Fallen Leaf Lake.
  4. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  5. 0.6 miReach Witch's Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  7. 1.2 miBear right, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/witchs-pond-witchs-pond-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

51% dirt49% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Other ways to reach this destination

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