United States Department of Agriculture Mokelumne Wilderness Carson Pass Area Day Use Eldorado National Forest Amador Ranger District Welcome to the Mokelumne Wilderness! Here you will find over 100 miles of hiking trails which will take you from deep canyons to 10,000 foot peaks. To protect fragile ecosystems, reduce visual and environmental impacts and help maintain healthy water sources, special precau ons must be taken within wilderness areas. Leaving refuse, debris or li er is Round Top Things to Remember prohibited. Pack it in, Pack it out! Toilet paper must be buried or Botanical Area A valid wilderness ½r packed out. For thousands of permit is required for years the wildflowers entry into Mokelumne Wilderness Hiking Trails have been blooming for overnight stays. Day permits are seasonally in the not required. Carson Pass Trailhead to Round Top Botanical Winnemucca Lake (2.5 miles) ‐ An Use is open to hikers and easy hike with great vistas and Area. Different soil types combine with packstock. Mechanized and varying eleva ons, exposures, and pris ne glacial lakes. This trail passes motorized equipment such as through a spectacular wildflower snow depths to produce an impressive bicycles, hangliders, over‐snow collec on of plant life in this special display which reaches its peak in mid‐ vehicles, strollers, chainsaws or July to August. area at the junc on of three botanical game carts is prohibited. provinces. Whether it is the wildflower Winnemucca Lake to Round Top season or not, there is a fascina ng Maximum group size is 8 persons Lake (1 mile) ‐ A steeper trail into world of plants to discover here. for overnight stay and 12 for day higher eleva ons approaching Round use. Wilderness is intended to Top Peak. Excellent photo Round Top provide opportuni es for solitude. opportuni es of the surrounding Geologic Area If your group size exceeds these landscape and hardy, windblown limits, contact the Amador Ranger alpine and subalpine plant species. Ex nct volcanoes District or Carson Pass Informa on and glacially Sta on for alterna ves outside of Woods Lake Trailhead to sculpted land are Mokelumne Wilderness. Winnemucca Lake (2.0 miles) ‐ This some of the clues % moderate hike leads you into the cool to the past that you will encounter on Damaging or removing any forest and opens up to magnificent, your journey through the Round Top natural or historic feature in the flowering meadows in mid‐July and Geologic Area. Drama c changes to the wilderness is not allowed. Please August. landscape have occurred here for over leave wildflowers and historical relics for all to enjoy, and avoid trampling Woods Lake Trailhead to Round two hundred million years. Evidence of Top Lake (Lost Cabin Mine Trail, 2.0 these changes is visible from the ten delicate lakeshore vegeta on. miles) ‐ This steeper trail weaves miles of trails leading through the area. Trailhead Day Use Fee ‐ During the along a creek through red fir forests summer a $5.00 day use fee is with sca ered open rocky areas. Dogs charged at the Carson Pass, Carson Dogs off‐leash can threaten wildlife or Pass Overflow, and Meiss trailheads. Caples Trailhead to Emigrant Lake present a hazard to the safety or The concession charges an $8 day (4.3 miles) The longest trail meanders convenience of other visitors. Handlers use fee for Woods Lake trailhead. A gently along the shore of Caples Lake, must physically restrain their dogs on a season parking permit for FS climbing slightly through mixed rocky leash less than six feet throughout the operated facili es can be purchased and forested areas, ending with a dura on of their visit. for $20.00. steeper ascent to grassy meadows surrounding Emigrant Lake. Pacific Crest Trail
Permits and Overnight Camping information may be obtained at the following Eldorado National Forest offices: Carson Pass Informa on Sta on Amador Ranger District Office Summer, Hwy 88 at Carson Pass 209‐295‐4251 (Pioneer, CA) 209—258‐8606 (summer only) USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Eldorado Na onal Forest website: www.fs.usda.gov/eldorado 2019