Lake Aloha
| Lake Aloha | |
|---|---|
South Lake Tahoe |
Lake Aloha is a large shallow
Sierra Nevada Range, west of Lake Tahoe in El Dorado County
, in eastern California.
The reservoir is located in Desolation Valley, within the federally protected
Crystal Range
of the Sierra Nevada, you have to traverse the Lake Aloha area.
The primary outflow from Lake Aloha is Pyramid Creek, which flows south for roughly four miles before it empties into the South Fork American River near Twin Bridges.[1]
Pyramid Creek was first dammed to create Lake Aloha in 1875, creating a year-round water source for grazing cattle and inundating a collection of natural lakes known as the Medley Lakes. The dam was later raised, and several auxiliary dams were constructed up to 1955.[2]
See also
- List of dams and reservoirs in California
- List of lakes in California
References
- ^ "nrm.dfg.ca.gov". Archived from the original on 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
- ^ "Desolation Wilderness History", El Dorado National Forest, United States Forest Service, retrieved 15 Sep 2019
External links
Media related to Aloha Lake, El Dorado County, California at Wikimedia Commons
