Sierra Nevada

Hiking and Backpacking in
El Dorado County
West Side Trailheads

East Side Trailheads Hiking Information
Placerville / Foothills Hiking Information

             
Loon Lake Trailhead Easy-Mod     Van Vleck Trailhead Easy-Mod  
--Pleasant Campground
--Spider Lake
--Buck Island Lake
--Rockbound Lake
--Rubicon Reservoir
--Camper Flat
4.1 miles
4.5 miles
6.1 miles
6.7 miles
8.3 miles
13.7 miles
    --Forni Lake
--Shadow Lake
--Lake #3
--Lake #5

4.1 miles
4.5 miles
6.1 miles
6.7 miles
 
             
Buck Island Trailhead Easy-Mod     Twin Lakes Trailhead Mod-Diff  
--Rockbound Lake
--Rubicon Reservoir
--Camper Flat
1.5 miles
3.0 miles
8.5 miles
    --Grouse Lake
--Hemlock Lake
--Smith Lake
--Twin Lakes
--Island Lake
2.1 miles
2.6 miles
3.0 miles
3.0 miles
3.5 miles
 
             
Rockbound Trailhead Mod-Diff     Echo Lakes Trailhead Mod-Diff  
--Beauty Lake
--Tyler Lakes
--Maude Lake
--Rockbound Pass
--Doris Lake
--Lake Lois
--Lake Schmidell
--Camper Flat
0.5 miles
4.2 miles
4.7 miles
6.4 miles
6.6 miles
7.6 miles
8.4 miles
10.2 miles
    --Upper Echo Lake
--Tamarack Lake
--Triangle Lake
--Ralston Lake
--Haypress Meadow
--Echo Peak
--Lake Margery
--Lake Lucille
--Lake of the Woods
--Lake Aloha
--Lake LeConte
--Clyde Lake
--Ralston Peak
--Ropi Lake
2.5 miles
3.8 miles
4.2 miles
4.2 miles
4.2 miles
5.1 miles
5.1 miles
5.2 miles
5.3 miles
6.1 miles
6.7 miles
9.3 miles
6.9 miles
7.1 miles
 
             
Ralston Trailhead Mod-Diff     Pyramid Creek Trailhead Difficult  
--Ralston Peak
--Lake of the Woods
--Haypress Meadow (PCT)
--Lake Aloha
--Upper Lake Aloha
4.1 miles
5.3 miles
5.3 miles
6.1 miles
7.2 miles
    --base of Horsetail Falls
--Avalance Lake
--Ropi Lake
--Lake of the Woods
--Pacific Crest Trail
1.5 miles
1.8 miles
2.0 miles
3.6 miles
4.3 miles
 
             
Lyons Trailhead Mod-Diff          
--Bloodsucker Lake
--Sylvia Lake
--Lyons Lake
2.9 miles
4.6 miles
5.0 miles
         
             
Tahoe Rim Trail Difficult Info   Pacific Crest Trail Difficult
Info
A most scenic trail that travels around Lake Tahoe, close to the crest of the mountains. 165 miles     The PCT crosses Hwy 50 at Echo Summit. At this point it is shared with the Tahoe Rim Trail. 2,100 miles
 
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             

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