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Five Lakes, Granite Chief Wilderness, Lake Tahoe
One of the easiest and most accessible hikes in the Granite Chief Wilderness in Lake Tahoe.
One of the easiest and most accessible hikes in the Granite Chief Wilderness in Lake Tahoe.
Easy
4.0 mi/
6.4 km
6.4 km
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One of the easiest and most accessible hikes in the Granite Chief Wilderness in Lake Tahoe.
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Went out with Andy to do some geocaching up the Granite Chief and Pacific Crest Trails. After finding the 2 caches we headed to High Camp and took the tram down. Officially, you are supposed to pay $10 for the trip down. But if you don't hesitate just walk onto the tram. Keeping a phone to your ear might help. There are at least 4 caches along this route.The last section on...
HIke from Heavenly Valley to the top of Granite Chief. Beautiful day and views.
I almost got a full day of skiing over New Year's weekend but I took a bad spill that involved my left leg staying behind while the rest of me was too eager to get futher down the mountain. An hour or so later my leg had tightened up to the point where left turns were pretty painful, and i decided it wouldn't be a great idea to only rely on my...
Took the cable car up to the top of the mountain, then walked to the highest peak.
then walked back down the complete mountain back to the car park.
We decided that weeks of daily 7 AM iPhone meetings would offset a day outside of the office up in the mountains... In other words, a good excuse can always be found for a day trip when the mountains receieved an 8 feet dump, with sunshine predicted for the day. Paul, Dave, Nicolas and I took of at 5.20 AM and were back home around 9 PM.Highlights of the day included Main...
Here's a good one if you want to do a quick 2-3 hour tour. In our case, we needed to be back to Squaw by 12:00 to pick up Yuri after his ski class was over.
Skiing on Christmas Eve and testing the new iPhone app.Make sure to click the link on the right 'Download to view 3D in Google Earth' because the contour looks really cool on this one.All of the runs were off the KT and Olympic Lady lifts.
We went to top of the mountain after lunch, it was super cold and heavy snowing but perfect for snowboarding.
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