Alpenglow Expeditions
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Packer Lake Picnic
California
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
0.7 mi
Distance
11 ft
Gain
16 min
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.
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What's missing
No access route mapped
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Why you'll love it
Part of Sierra Buttes
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Packer Lake Picnic
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.7 mi
- Elevation gain
- 11 ft
- Elevation loss
- 162 ft
- Highest point
- 6,246 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,207 ft
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About this trail
Packer Lake Picnic is a 0.67-mile trail in the Sierra Buttes trail system managed by the Forest Service. The route gains 162 feet of elevation.
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
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