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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content"><channel><title>EveryTrail Feed</title><description/><link>http://www.everytrail.com</link><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:10:08 -0200</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:10:08 -0200</pubDate><image><url>http://www.everytrail.com/images/everytrail-logo.png</url><title>EveryTrail</title><link>http://www.everytrail.com</link><description>GPS travel community, geotagging, geotagged photos, Google Maps, GPS tracks, waypoints, coordinates</description><width>144</width><height>41</height></image><item><title><![CDATA[Sugar Pine Point State Park - Yellow and Orange snowshoe trails]]></title><description><![CDATA[I like being able to hike on New Year's Day. This year, I was in Tahoe, and snowshoeing was the way to go. After Meeks Creek the day before, I decided to explore a small part of the Sugar Pine Point SP. Reading the &quot;Tahoe Snowshoe Trails&quot; guide book, it seemed that I would be able to hike both the Yellow and Orange trails.It was snowing (the wet kind of snow) when I arrived. I stopped at the entrance to self register. As I was ready to leave the station, a ranger came by and greeted me.There is ample parking in this area and it seemed I was the only one around. Probably because it was early, and because of the weather.The guide book says that it's impossible to miss the trail markers but I have to disagree. While sometimes, you can see 3 or 4 markers ahead, it can get confusing and I went off trail twice.I was a little bit disoriented on the parking lot, mostly because the start of the Orange trail was not where I thought it was supposed to be. But it was right by the parking lot so I followed it. It took me a while to realize that it was actually the Yellow Trail. At each junction there is a sign showing the global area and the track of all the trails. Unfortunately, there is no &quot;you are here&quot; marker. I had to compare the sign with my GPS track. I noticed only at the first junction that the markers were little stripes of plastic tape tied to the trees along the trail. But the trail was easy to follow. So easy in fact that I quickly forgot about the markers and just followed the trail until I reached Hwy 89, which I was not supposed to meet. Realizing that I must have missed a turn, I backtracked until I found a yellow marker. Still, I didn't find the turn. So I turned back, hoping to find new markers, in vain. I hit Hwy 89 again. I decided to hike along it for a while, but then convinced myself that it was not right. I had to find the Yellow trail back and for this, I reluctantly cut through the woods.I stumble upon a relatively fresh human track coming from somewhere in the direction I needed to go. I followed it for a while, and just as I was hoping, I ended back on the Yellow Trail.After a while, I reached the north-most point of the loop (I continued past it but quickly noticed my mistake) and the trail started going back towards the parking lot, but closer to the lake shore. It was quite nice walking along the water, although the views were not at their best due to the low ceiling.The trail then quickly took me back to the parking lot where I &quot;caught&quot; the Orange Trail.This trail is shorter but I preferred it to the Yellow one. It quickly went down to the shore and hugged it very closely, even reaching Meeks Bay. I really enjoyed this &quot;lake shore&quot; section of the trail. It was nice to take a quick break by the snowy rocks and pebbles and listen to the small waves.The trail then went back up and I was quickly back to the parking lot.I saw the old buildings and structures along this hike but lots of the signs were under a more or less thick layer of snow, and because of the weather, I didn't bother spending too much time reading about those.I'll probably come back to this park. Those two trails should be nice as well in Summer.  <br><img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/833915-IMG_1492.jpg"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/833916-IMG_1494.jpg"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/833917-IMG_1495.jpg"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/833918-IMG_1496.jpg"/> ]]></description><guid>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=459295</guid><link>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=459295</link><pubDate>Tue, 5 Jan 2010 00:15:52 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meeks Creek Snowshoeing]]></title><description><![CDATA[This was my first snowshoe hike. Phil (macridge) recommended this trail. I also found the description in the &quot;Tahoe Snowshoe Trails&quot; guidebook.It's short, flat, and doesn't present any technical difficulties.The trailhead, along Hwy 89, is also an access point to the Desolation Wilderness. Since I wasn't planning on entering it, I didn't fill out a permit form and I started hiking along the Forest Service Road.The trail was easy to follow and was packed enough to make it quite easy. There was a lot of snow on the side, but it was starting to melt. I didn't see any animals but there were a lot of various tracks easy to spot in the snow.Instead of turning back when I reached the junction with the trail leading to the Desolation Wilderness, I decided to continue because my GPS showed that the trail continued for a while, and then met with a trail that would cross Meeks Creek and take me back to Hwy 89.The trail became faint and disappeared completely. I was left with just my GPS to follow which was not a big deal except that it lead me through impassable terrain (because of the density of trees). While struggling to find my way, I stumbled upon a &quot;Bearing Tree&quot; landmark, which was very cool.Few hundred feet before the place where I was supposed to cross the creek, my left leg ended deep (mid thigh) in the snow. I quickly pulled it back and noticed that it went through water. I guess the creek didn't have just one bed, but was probably made of many little rivulets. I then avoided walking in what could look like a creek bed and stuck to the edge of wooden areas. The snow covered meadow looked beautiful. There were a mix of old and young pine trees. Many trees were down, which made it more challenging a terrain than the initial part of the hike.As I was walking back cross-country towards Meeks Bay, I was also walking towards the Forest Road I started the hike along. When I reached the road, walking became much easier as the snow was more packed.It was then an easy stroll to the parking lot. As I was finishing my hike, I met several groups of people starting theirs, on skis or on snowshoes.Great way to finish the year. <br><img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/827779-IMG_1421.jpg"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/827780-IMG_1423.jpg"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/827782-IMG_1425.jpg"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/827784-IMG_1428.jpg"/> ]]></description><guid>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=457496</guid><link>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=457496</link><pubDate>Sun, 3 Jan 2010 12:44:35 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
	