5.8 mi from the trailheadLovers Leap Campground
Campground

18.0 mi out & back · 2,920 ft gain · 8,436 ft high point · Very hard
From Echo Trailhead via PCT - California Section K, the Pacific Crest Trail, and Rubicon (8.7 mi)
In Eldorado National Forest · California · U.S. Forest Service
Clyde Lake is an 18.0-mile out and back from Echo Trailhead to Clyde Lake in Eldorado National Forest via the Pacific Crest Trail, passing Lake Aloha and Mosquito Pass.
2,920 ft of gain round trip.
The closest places to sleep, measured from the trailhead.
Ranked the same way, within twenty-five miles.
What the trail reaches, measured from the start.
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