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Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe Guide Book

by Tracy Salcedo (Falcon Publishing)
Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe

92pp/maps
ISBN: 1560448660

Lovely Lake Tahoe, cradled in the heart of California’s spectacular Sierra Nevada, is blessed with an abundance of hiking opportunities. Some of the best short day hikes in the Tahoe Basin and surrounding high country are included in this little guide. From secret coves to windswept overlooks, each of these routes will prove inspirational and invigorating. This guide includes concise descriptions and detailed maps of mostly short, easy-to-follow trails that lead to scenic destinations around the lake.

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Trails from the "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe" Guide Book
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... Preview: Pack your towels and bring the kids: The Angora Lakes trail is short, sweet, and lip-smacking good—the perfect introduction to hiking in the mountains! From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
South Lake Tahoe, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1 miles
... Preview: The bare, cathedral-like walls of a stark Desolation Wilderness canyon form the backdrop for Eagle Lake. You will traverse above a narrow drainage on a well-worn path, with the jagged crowns of the ca ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
South Lake Tahoe, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2 miles
... Preview: The splendor of the northern Sierra is powerfully vivid when viewed from a perch atop the rocky ridge crested by the Ellis Peak Trail. Cliffs drop sharply into the green valley of Blackwood Canyon, wi ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
Tahoe City, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5 miles
... Preview: Three distinct settings, and thus three distinct moods, lie along the trail to Five Lakes. The most arduous part of the climb is at the outset, in a sun-fed thicket of manzanita, mule ear, and snowber ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
Tahoe City, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5 miles
... Preview: Water, water everywhere: two lakes, two waterfalls, and three creek crossings … and in early season, or during heavy snow years, the trail itself may even be half submerged in flowing snowmelt. The st ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
South Lake Tahoe, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5 miles
... Preview: Horsetail Falls is a spectacular sight. The snowy cascade, spilling from cliffs that form the eastward rampart of a narrowing valley, beckons from the grand granite slabs of the trail, from the clear ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
South Lake Tahoe, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.4 miles
... Preview: Statuesque Mount Tallac, which dominates nearly every South Lake Tahoe vista, is an especially powerful presence on this hike. Separated from its gray-green flanks only by a narrow glacial valley for ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
South Lake Tahoe, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 4.2 miles
... Preview: The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is a wilderness enthusiast’s dream. Riding the high ground from the snowy northern reaches of Washington south to the deserts of California, this famous trail, like its b ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
Tahoe City, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 3 miles
... Preview: This stretch of the Pacific Crest Trail traverses from the granite slabs above larger Lower Echo Lake to the forested ramps that shade the Upper Echo Lake. The hiking is wonderfully easy and visually ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
South Lake Tahoe, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5.8 miles
... Preview: The amber-tinted waters rise to about five feet, and in them, the fearsome kokanee salmon, the scales on his body a vivid lipstick-red, seems to pace in lovesick agitation, anticipating his autumnal r ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
South Lake Tahoe, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1 miles
... Preview: Skunk Harbor is no stinker. A broad steep track leads down to this secluded bay, where the clear water of Lake Tahoe washes in a rainbow arc onto the stone-strewn beach, melting from indigo to turquoi ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
Incline Village, NV - Hiking - Trail Length: 3 miles
... Preview: It’s tough to find an alpine hike that is as flat and friendly as the Tahoe Meadows Whole Access Trail. This easy, scenic route is accessible to the hardy wheelchair user, a family with a small child ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
Incline Village, NV - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.3 miles
... Preview: There is something magical about a mountain meadow. In springtime and early summer wildflowers are the main attraction, vivid in myriad shades of red, purple, white, and yellow, and busy with butterfl ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
South Lake Tahoe, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2 miles
... Preview: So, you’re staying in Tahoe City, you want to stretch your legs with a good hike, and you’re not into hassling with the traffic that clogs the lakeshore highways. Or, you’re looking for a route less t ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
Tahoe City, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 4 miles
... Preview: The trail at Spooner Summit is yet another link in the spectacular Tahoe Rim Trail. The Tahoe Rim Trail leads either way from the summit. The route described for this hike heads north to two overlooks ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
Incline Village, NV - Hiking - Trail Length: 4 miles
... Preview: Span a single highway, and marvel at the differences in the terrain. On the north side of Spooner Summit, the Tahoe Rim Trail is relatively easy and well-shaded, with obvious rocky viewpoints. It’s no ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
Incline Village, NV - Hiking - Trail Length: 5 miles
... Preview: Lake Tahoe has proven itself the perfect habitat for a variety of inhabitants, from the Washoe Indians who summered on its shores, to the modern vacationers who built grand estates, to the myriad of w ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
South Lake Tahoe, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2 miles
... Preview: The lighthouse that once warned sailors of the watery dangers lurking off Rubicon Point is startlingly small and unassuming. In the early days of the twentieth century, the light within was brilliant ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
South Lake Tahoe, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.5 miles
... Preview: This is one of the easiest and thus one of the most popular trails in north Lake Tahoe. The well-maintained paved surface traces the spectacular Truckee River from Tahoe City to the inn at River Ranch ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
Tahoe City, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 8 miles
... Preview: A summertime trip to Lake Tahoe wouldn’t be complete without a visit to Emerald Bay. Ocean-green and opalescent, it’s quite obvious how this gleaming arm of Tahoe earned its name. Not so obvious is th ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Lake Tahoe"
South Lake Tahoe, CA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5 miles

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