An Outdoor Family Guide to Lake Tahoe

by Evans, Lisa Gollin

• ISBN13: 9780898867527
• ISBN10: 0898867525
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books

Summary

-- Includes six new trips and an expanded trip finder

Beauty, solitude, wildlife, and unspoiled nature is abundant at Lake Tahoe, making it an ideal place to share the wilderness with your children. This completely revised guide describes over fifty hiking, biking, walking, boating, and swimming opportunities that the whole family will enjoy.

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(2)
Introduction	11	(24)
The Lake Tahoe Basin: An Overview	35	(190)
The North Lake Tahoe Basin
Mount Rose	61	(4)
Mount Rose Relay Station	65	(1)
Tahoe Rim Trail: Tahoe Meadows Interpretive Trail	66	(3)
Tahoe Meadows	69	(2)
Ophir Creek	71	(2)
Tahoe Rim Trail: Watson Lake to Lava Cliffs	73	(3)
Pacific Crest Trail to Mount Judah, Mount Lincoln, and Anderson Peak	76	(5)
Loch Leven Lakes	81	(3)
Stateline Fire Lookout Trail	84	(2)
Incline Village Bike Trail	86	(5)
The West Lake Tahoe Basin
Northstar-at-Tahoe Mountain Biking	91	(3)
Squaw Creek Trails	94	(2)
Squaw Creek Meadow	96	(3)
Granite Chief Peak	99	(4)
Squaw Valley Mountain Biking at High Camp	103	(3)
Five Lakes Trail	106	(3)
Truckee River Bike Trail	109	(2)
West Shore Bike Path	111	(4)
General Creek Loop Trail	115	(2)
Ward Creek Bike Trail	117	(1)
Ward Creek Mountain Bike Loop (Paige Meadows)	118	(4)
Blackwood Canyon Bike Route	122	(1)
Sugar Pine Point State Park Nature Trails	123	(3)
Lake Genevieve and Crag Lake	126	(2)
Rubicon Trail to Rock Pinnacles	128	(4)
Rubicon Trail to Emerald Bay	132	(2)
Balancing Rock Nature Trail	134	(2)
Emerald Bay, Vikingsholm, and Eagle Falls	136	(3)
Upper Eagle Falls	139	(3)
Eagle Lake	142	(3)
Cascade Falls	145	(2)
Granite Lake	147	(3)
Velma Lakes	150	(5)
The South Lake Tahoe Basin
Lake Tahoe Visitor Center Nature Trails	155	(3)
South Lake Tahoe Bike Path	158	(3)
Mount Tallac Trail to Fallen Leaf Lake Overlook	161	(3)
Mount Tallac Summit	164	(3)
Angora Lakes	167	(2)
Grass Lake	169	(3)
Gilmore Lake	172	(2)
Big Meadow	174	(1)
Round Lake	175	(3)
Dardanelles Lake	178	(2)
Meiss Meadow Trail	180	(2)
Tahoe Rim Trail: Big Meadow North	182	(3)
Benwood Meadow	185	(3)
Echo Peak	188	(4)
Tamarack, Ralston, and Cagwin Lakes	192	(2)
Lake of the Woods	194	(2)
Lower Horsetail Falls	196	(2)
Tahoe Rim Trail: Kingsbury Grade South	198	(5)
The East Lake Tahoe Basin
Skunk Harbor	203	(1)
Lower Prey Meadows	204	(3)
Marlette Lake	207	(4)
The Great Flume Mountain Bike Trail	211	(3)
Spooner Lake	214	(4)
Tahoe Rim Trail: Spooner Summit North to Snow Valley Peak	218	(3)
Tahoe Rim Trail: Spooner Summit South	221	(4)
Appendix A. Trip Finder	225	(3)
Appendix B. Lake Tahoe's Beaches	228	(1)
Appendix C. Recommended Reading	229	(4)
Appendix D. Making a Difference: Protecting the Lake Tahoe Basin	233	(2)
Index	235