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Upper Echo Lake viewpoint via PCT, Echo Lakes Trailhead

Upper Echo Lake viewpoint via PCT, Echo Lakes Trailhead(edit)

based on 98 tracks & routes | |

EASY

#14 hike out of 279 in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit |

EASY

3.8 mi

Distance

1 hrs 58 min

Time

456 ft

Elev Gain

Overview

This is a easy one way trail in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.

This trail goes by Echo Pass viewpoint.

Sights to See

Tamarak Lake

Rate this Hike

★★★★★

txshonk 5 years, 11 months ago

Nice little hike. We went up to Tamarack Lake. The trails are loaded with lots of loose rock. The loose rock terrain makes the hike a little more difficult then shown on a topo.

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johnsona42 3 years, 10 months ago

★ ★

aklegarza 5 years, 1 month ago

★

Public Tracks

MarkA 6 years ago

Echo Lake TH to Tamarack Lake

Recording was one way on return Aloha Lake is 1 mile further north on PCT and looks up at Pyramid Peak which Emily wants to climb from TH on Hwy 50

ebowmantutoring 6 days, 3 hours ago

New Track 9/12/24 10:54:42

bbux10 1 week, 3 days ago

New Track 9/8/24 8:10:50 AM

blladuc 3 years, 3 months ago

Water Taxi to Echo Lake 97-052 Dam, El Dorado County, CA, USA

sputnik1 4 years, 4 months ago

Mother’s Day 2020 tent site to car

dee.bright.1 4 years, 10 months ago

11/9/19, Tamarack Lake with Mary—8.1 miles, 9 months post-surgery, 2 weeks before 74th birthday!

bctrjillo 4 years, 11 months ago

Track (10/15/19, 4:06:33PM)

cam.denney 5 years ago

Track (9/2/19, 11:17:3)

RG 5 years, 1 month ago

Echo lakes to Tamarack lake

gponsness 5 years, 1 month ago

Track (7/21/19, 9:44:37AM)

david.orain 10 years ago

Track (9/7/14, 12:19:47PM)

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