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The Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT) is a 170-mile (274 km) long-distance hiking trail that forms a loop around the Lake Tahoe Basin in the Sierra Nevada and ranges of Nevada and California in the United States. [1] The trail ranges in elevation from 6,223 feet (1,897 m) at the outlet of Lake Tahoe to 10,338 feet (3,151 m) at Relay Peak in Nevada.
Among the area's multiple trails are the Flume Trail, which has views of Lake Tahoe, and a portion of the Tahoe Rim Trail. The area encompasses Marlette Lake and Hobart Reservoir, which were created to feed the Marlette Lake Water System during the area's early mining and logging years. Remnants of abandoned mills can be seen.
Here the hiker may also access the Tahoe Rim Trail. The Ophir Creek Trail begins on boardwalks through the verdant, subalpine Tahoe Meadows then descends 3.3 miles (5.3 km) to Upper Price Lake. From here hikers can reclimb the 1,600 feet (490 m) descent or continue down another 4.7 miles (7.6 km) to the trailhead at the bottom in Davis Creek ...
The Freel Roadless Area is named for Freel Peak, the highest point in both the Lake Tahoe Basin and the Carson Range. Freel Peak supports one of the few areas of alpine cushion plants this far north in the Sierra Nevada/Carson Range. Both the Pacific Crest Trail and the Tahoe Rim Trail pass through these roadless areas.
The Flume Trail, a hiking trail following the alignment and remains of a water flume built to provide water for those gold rockers in the 1880s, connects Rockerville, Storm Mountain, and Boulder Hills with Sheridan Lake, deeper in the Hills.
From the peak Mound House, Carson City, Lake Tahoe, Reno and Carson Valley are all clearly visible. The peak is accessible along the Tahoe Rim Trail from the Spooner Lake Trailhead. The mountain is part of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest although Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park lies immediately to the west. [3]
Mike Pedersen plays the pipe organ on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Nora Store near Alcester, South Dakota. He has been hosting a Christmas sing-a-long for 35 years. A hobby becomes so much more
Spooner Summit is a mountain pass through the Carson Range, linking the Lake Tahoe Area to Carson City via US 50. [1] The highest point of the pass is located just east of Spooner Lake just before the first set of curves when traveling eastbound.