Flagpole Peak Climbing

This digital Flagpole Peak climbing guidebook gives you GPS navigation, verified topos, and beta for hundreds of climbs. Explore classics and hidden gems with offline access to maps, directions, and beta videos. Whether it's your first visit or fiftieth, KAYA makes your Flagpole Peak days smoother, safer, and more dialed.

The Good: Outstanding Views And Setting, Beautiful Boulders, No Crowds The Bad: Exposed, Crowded Parking, Busy Approach Trail, Variable Rock Quality

DRIVING: From the South Lake Tahoe intersection of Hwy 50/89, head west toward Sacramento. After 2.7 miles take a right on Johnson Pass Road before you reach Echo Summit. Locals really haul on this bypass so pay attention here. Go 0.7 miles and take a right on Echo Lake Road. The main parking area is 0.9 miles up the narrow road, just above the lake. 
From Sacramento, go 1.8 miles past the entrance to the Sierra-at-Tahoe ... Show more

This digital Flagpole Peak climbing guidebook gives you GPS navigation, verified topos, and beta for hundreds of climbs. Explore classics and hidden gems with offline access to maps, directions, and beta videos. Whether it's your first visit or fiftieth, KAYA makes your Flagpole Peak days smoother, safer, and more dialed. The Good: Outstanding Views And Setting, Beautiful Boulders, No Crowds The Bad: Exposed, Crowded Parking, Busy Approach Trail, Variable Rock Quality DRIVING: From the South Lake Tahoe intersection of Hwy 50/89, head west toward Sacramento. After 2.7 miles take a right on Johnson Pass Road before you reach Echo Summit. Locals really haul on this bypass so pay attention here. Go 0.7 miles and take a right on Echo Lake Road. The main parking area is 0.9 miles up the narrow road, just above the lake. From Sacramento, go 1.8 miles past the entrance to the Sierra-at-Tahoe resort and take a left on the Echo Lake/Johnson Pass Road. Go 0.6 miles and take a left on Echo Lake Road. Go 0.9 miles to the main parking area. APPROACH: From the parking lot follow the road for 200 yds down to the seasonal store by the lake. Go past the store, cross the dam and join the Pacific Crest Trail that wanders a bit before heading north along the lakeshore. After twenty minutes of flat hiking, you will be above some lakeside cabins. 25 yards past the second cabin (N38 50.402, W120 03.165), cut uphill to the right. Five minutes up the slabs, trending a little left, a tall windswept pine leads the way to the boulder field. The Chicken Boulder will be on the right, and just uphill on the left is Working Act.