Tahoe: Susie Lake via PCT

SLT01

Distance: 8.10 mi	Points: 162	Calories: none
Total Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi
Active Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi

Above the lake

Location: 38.872940, -120.142929
Two 2006 PCT thru-hikers climb the rocky hillside of Lake Aloha's northern shore. ©Jack Haskel

Crystal Divide

Location: 38.868317, -120.136765
Lake Aloha's shallow waters shimmer in front of the rugged, snowy Crystal Divide. ©Jack Haskel

SLT001

Location: 38.835384, -120.044670
Head W from Echo Lake Resort past Lower and Upper Echo Lakes through pines. Flagpole Peak to N

SLT002

Location: 38.847366, -120.078781
R @ Y; spur to L leads down to public lake access

SLT003

Location: 38.847382, -120.087280
L @ T; enter Desolation Wilderness

SLT004

Location: 38.848835, -120.095200
Turn R @ Y and climb 400 ft. above headwall of Tamarack Lake

SLT005

Location: 38.852932, -120.102867
L @ T; skirt E fringe of wildflower-packed Haypress Meadows

SLT006

Location: 38.854965, -120.108467
R @ Y. Spur trails lead to side lakes in Desolation Valley; stay with PCT

SLT007

Location: 38.856567, -120.112785
Keep R @ Lucille Lake Trail junction, bearing WNW

SLT008

Location: 38.857632, -120.118347
R @ Y

SLT009

Location: 38.859650, -120.120918
Go L; bear NW into lake-fi lled Desolation Valley (once-empty basin was fl ooded for Sacramento's water supply)

SLT010

Location: 38.864468, -120.128448
Lake Aloha: Warm, shallow water, islands, and fi ne photo ops over the rugged, snow-clad Crystal Range. To continue, go R and ascend E shoreline past Lake Le Conte

SLT011

Location: 38.876301, -120.146164
R @ T, heading E past ponds and a misty 20-ft. waterfall

SLT012

Location: 38.878250, -120.139915
N shore of Heather Lake set in a deep bowl

SLT013

Location: 38.879082, -120.123932
Susie Lake sits beneath crimson, metamorphic Jack's Peak (9,856 ft.). Camp on NW shore; retrace route to trailhead