Best Easy Day Hikes Lake Tahoe

by Tracy Salcedo

Overview

Best Easy Day Hikes Lake Tahoe includes concise descriptions and detailed maps of 27 of the premier easy day hikes in northern California’s most popular recreational destination. The hikes circle the lake, from the west shore to the east; from the slopes below Mount Rose to South Lake Tahoe. Whether you want spectacular Tahoe views, secluded rambles, alpine tarns, or journeys through historic resorts, you’ll find them in this guide. Discover the Tahoe basin’s natural wonders by dropping into Skunk Harbor, cruising to Galena Falls, climbing along the storied Tahoe Rim and Pacific Crest Trails, and catching your breath in secluded mountain meadows.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493041091
Publisher:	Falcon Guides
Publication date:	06/01/2019
Series:	Best Easy Day Hikes Series
Edition description:	4th Edition
Pages:	152
Sales rank:	661,945
Product dimensions:	4.20(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Tracy Salcedo has been writing and editing outdoor guidebooks for almost twenty years. She has written Best Easy Day Hikes guides to the San Francisco Bay Area, Reno, San Jose, Sacramento, Denver, Boulder, and Aspen, among others. She is also author of several other FalconGuides, including Best Rail Trails California. She is the editor of The Life Sciences Report, an online newsletter published by Streetwise Reports. Also an educator, Salcedo resides in California’s Wine Country.

Table of Contents

	Map Legend	vi
	Overview Map	vii
	Ranking the Hikes	viii
	Introduction: What is a best easy day hike?	1
	Zero Impact	3
	Be Prepared	5
1.	Tallac Historic Site and Tallac Point	7
2.	Rainbow Trail	11
3.	Angora Lakes	15
4.	Grass Lake	17
5.	Mount Tallac Trail to Cathedral Lake	21
6.	White Cloud Falls	25
7.	Eagle Lake	28
8.	Vikingsholm and Emerald Point	31
9.	The Lighthouse and Rubicon Point	35
10.	Ellis Lake	39
11.	Pacific Crest Trail at Barker Pass	42
12.	Truckee River Trail	45
13.	Tahoe Rim Trail at Tahoe City	48
14.	Five Lakes Trail	51
15.	Tahoe Meadows Whole Access Trail	54
16.	Skunk Harbor	57
17.	Tahoe Rim Trail North from Spooner Summit	61
18.	Tahoe Rim Trail South from Spooner Summit	64
19.	Tahoe Rim Trail at Big Meadow	67
20.	Winnemucca Lake and Round Top Lake	71
21.	Pacific Crest Trail at Echo Lakes	76
22.	Horsetail Falls	80