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Meadow Lake Loop
California
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
17.7 mi
Distance
5,340 ft
Gain
7h 1m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Tahoe National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Why you'll love it
Big climb
Out & back
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Meadow Lake Loop
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 17.7 mi
- Elevation gain
- 5,340 ft
- Elevation loss
- 5,340 ft
- Highest point
- 7,654 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,010 ft
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Non-Governmental Organization
About this trail
Meadow Lake Out-and-back is a 35.38-mile out-and-back trail in California with 5,340 feet of elevation gain and loss. The route reaches a maximum elevation of 7,654 feet.
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