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Posted: 06 Dec 2014


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 slgwv
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Thanks! It's not so remote as it appears--I've got pictures of the parking at the trailhead in this album! It's technically the Desolation Wilderness, but it gets more usage, per acre, than any other wilderness area in the US. Even on this trail we saw several other parties. And Hwy 89 tends to be bumper-to-bumper in summer--why we don't go to Tahoe then ;)
10 years ago.
Don Barrett (aka DBs… has replied to slgwv club
Good shot, almost made me think I should reconsider Tahoe. My first visit there was on my first cross-country drive to being stationed in Monterey, in 1967. We had dropped down from Reno to see Tahoe and take US-50. Even back then I thought 'too many cabins, too much traffic, this isn't wilderness." I've only been to Tahoe something like 4 times in my life. Though it isn't western Sierras, it feels too much like the over-used western Sierras for me -- I'm sure if I lived nearby, like you do, I'd find some way to explore them away from the crowds.
10 years ago. Edited 10 years ago.
 slgwv
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Thanks again from my wife, who took the pic! We avoided the California side of Tahoe for a long time because of the crowds, after getting stuck in that bumper-to-bumper traffic on 89. We've since made a point of going after Labor Day, when the weather is still nice but the crowds have thinned considerably. Access to the Tahoe Rim Trail on the Nevada side is a lot easier.
Anyway, Tahoe is like Yosemite--yeah, parts get very crowded, but it's still a must-see!
10 years ago. Edited 10 years ago.
 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
Great landscape and a cracking shot, love the busted tree stump.
10 years ago.
slgwv club has replied to Roger (Grisly) club
Thanks!
10 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Wonderful landscape image.
9 years ago.
slgwv club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen club
Thanks!
9 years ago.

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