Phipps Pass to N Side Aloha Lake
TYT-PCT
12.28 miles
Location Elevation Mileage (from Meeks Bay Trailhead)
Phipps Pass 8800 8.88
Going Down to Middle Velma Lake from Phipps Pass - 880 feet, 3.44 miles
-720 2.62
PCT Junction 8080 11.5
-160 .82
Middle Velma 7920 12.32
+40 .10
Going Up to Dicks Pass: +1430 feet, 4.41 miles
Velma Lakes Trail Jnct 7960 12.42
---- .27
Maggie Pk/Emrld Bay Jnct 7960 12.69
+400 1.17
N. side, Fontanillis Lake 8360 13.86
---- .67
Al camp #2 Font. Lake 8360 14.53
+120 .65
Maggie Pk/Emrld Bay Jnct #2> 8320 15.18
+910 1.65
Dicks Pass 9390 16.83
Backpacking Dicks Pass down to Susie LakeDesolation Wilderness
-1590, 2.93 miles
Dicks Pass 9390 16.83
-1090 1.33
Gilmore Lake Jnct 8300 18.16
-180 .59
Hlf Moon/Gln Alpine Jnct 8120 18.75
-240 .30
Glen Alpine Jnct 2 7880 19.05
-80 .31
E. side Susie Lake 7800 19.36
-- .40
W. side Susie Lake 7800 19.76
Backpacking Down and Out, (and up and down!)
Susie Lake to Echo Lake Trail Head,
Desolation Wilderness
- 543 feet, 10.95 miles
W. side Susie Lake 7800 19.76
+120 .56
W. side Heather Lake 7920 20.32
+200 .84
N. Lake Aloha/Rubicon Jnct 8120 21.16
Also see the Lake Genevieve to Middle Velma Lake, and Middle Velma Lake to Lake Aloha 30 minute Map Series |
USGS Map Information
West Map
Rockbound Valley California, 7.5 Quadrangle, 1992
East Map
Emerald Bay, 1992
Compass Offset
Magnetic North
15 1/2 degrees East of True North
scale
1:24 000
Contours
40 Feet
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Backpacking Permitting Authority
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Contact Information
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
National Forest
LTBMU
Wilderness Area:
Desolation Wilderness, TahoeWhitney
Desolation Wilderness, the feds.
Physical location:
Desolation Wilderness Region Map
Tahoe to Alpine Trail Guide Index
Meeks Bay trail head
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Middle Velma Lake in Desolation Wilderness on the Pacific Crest and Tahoe to Yosemite Trails.
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