Community Trips
Backpacking Desolation Wilderness with the EveryTrail Team
Emerald Bay, California, United States
13.8 miles
13.8 miles
"testing our product" is a great excuse for a weekend trip to Tahoe's Desolation Wilderness. The engineers at EveryTrail (Benoit, Matt, Michael, Paul, Werner, and I) drove up early Saturday morning for this weekend trip. We parked around 1 and had a quick breakfast of wraps with hummus, tomatoes, cucumbers and cheese, put on our packs and started our trek. The first 2 miles were steep but had some great views overlooking...
I drove up to Tahoe at 4am with Loren, David, and Thomas for this 2-day backpacking trip. We started at Glen Alpine and hiked 2 very steep miles along a very poorly maintained trail. So poorly maintained that we lost the trail and had to scramble up the rocks and through the thick brush. Then it started to pour and we heard thunder, things couldn't be much worse. Eventually, the skies cleared,...
We (me, Emily, Rachel, and Elaine) drove up to Echo lake and hiked to lake Aloha. The hike was fairly easy, with very little up hill, and it had great views of the lakes at all times. The water was pretty cold, but felt great on the feet while eating our PB&Js. The weather was warm, but a nice breeze kept us cool the whole time.
Lake Winnemucca from Carson Pass along the Pacific Crest Trail
El Dorado National Forest, California, United States
5.0 miles
5.0 miles
Day hike to Lake Winnemucca.Hike writeup at Two-Heel Drive.This a great little day hike within easy driving distance of Lake Tahoe. We drove up from San Jose so it was a bit more of a haul. It's very easy to find, GPS says it's about 2.5 miles to the lake (vs. 1.5 on the maps). Uphill all the way in though not terribly steep; downhill all the way back. It's very easy...
Emerald Bay, Velma Lakes & Tallac - Desolation Wilderness Area
South Lake Tahoe, California, United States
18.0 miles
18.0 miles
Starting at Eagle Falls near South Tahoe, my med school friends Ben (now in EM at Stanford) and Joe (now in EM at UCSF) joined me for a loop backpack trip through Desolation Wilderness. We traveled along the PCT for part, sleeping at the Middle Velma Lake the first night and Gilmore Lake the second night. Easy peaks on this route are Dicks Peak just off of Dicks Pass and Mt Tallac....
Short, easy hike from the parking lot to the lake.
Exploration at Mount Tallac. Went up the summer route. Went down in one of the SE couloirs.. had to put crampons on..
Another great backpacking weekend in the Sierra, brought to us by Rebecca (Calipidder)...We hiked from the trailhead at the Wilderness Parking lot by Loon Lake, to Buck Island lake. It's about 6 miles. The first part of the hike, along Loon Lake was mostly flat and shady. The second section, leaving Loon Lake, and climbing up to a pass between the two lakes was more exposed, and very "rocky". The altitude and...
Location: South Shore - Lake Tahoe, CA
Duration: 2-3 hours
Elevation Change: 3,200? - from 6,535' to 9,735'
Recomended Map: Emerald Bay, California
I was in Tahoe with about 1.5 hours before sunset so I decided to explore the neighborhood a bit with the hopes of making it to the shore to take some photographs of the snow-covered rocks. After winding my way down a few streets I eventually made it to a path that connected to the beach. It was too late in the afternoon to lay on the snow and tan, so I...
