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Fallen Leaf Lake, Lake Aloha, Mount Tallac Loop route map
Difficulty: ExpertLoop
California

Fallen Leaf Lake, Lake Aloha, Mount Tallac Loop

South Lake Tahoe, California

14.6 mi

Distance

5,157 ft

Elev. Gain

Loop

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Fallen Leaf Lake, Lake Aloha, Mount Tallac Loop unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:1,952 ft
Max:2,903 ft
Gain:1,572 ft
Loss:1,572 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1,952 ft and 2,903 ft across 14.8 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1,952 ft2,269 ft2,586 ft2,903 ft0.0 mi3.7 mi7.4 mi11.1 mi14.8 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,996 ft
High point10.9 mi2,903 ft
End14.8 mi1,996 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Meyers, CA · about 3 mi away
County:
El Dorado County, CA

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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