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Big Pines began as a year-round recreation area built by Los Angeles County in 1924. [1] It is a popular ski area close to Los Angeles, as it has a history of significant snowfall, even as late as May. [2] [3] The Mountain High Ski Resort and the Table Mountain Observatory are located in Big Pines.
Lake Tahoe (/ ˈ t ɑː h oʊ /; Washo: Dáʔaw) is a freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the Western United States, straddling the border between California and Nevada.Lying at 6,225 ft (1,897 m) above sea level, Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America, [4] and at 122,160,280 acre⋅ft (150.7 km 3) it trails only the five Great Lakes as the largest by volume in the United ...
Big Pine (formerly Bigpine) [3] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California, United States. Big Pine is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) south-southeast of Bishop . [ 3 ] Its population was 1,756 at the 2010 census, up from 1,350 at the 2000 census.
Alpine Meadows is a ski resort in the western United States, located in Alpine Meadows, California. Near the northwest shore of Lake Tahoe, it offers 2,400 acres (9.7 km 2) of skiable terrain, 13 different lifts, and a vertical drop of 1,802 feet (549 m). [1] [2] In 2018 Alpine Meadows was merged into the Alterra Mountain Company.
Map of California's interconnected water system, including all eleven reservoirs over 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3) as well as selected smaller ones. This is a list of the largest reservoirs, or man-made lakes, in the U.S. state of California.
It starts from U.S. Route 395 near Topaz Lake, winding its way up to the 8,314-foot (2,534 m) Monitor Pass, down to the Carson River, and up again over the 7,740-foot (2,359 m) Luther Pass. From that point on, the route generally loses elevation on its way past Lake Tahoe, through Tahoe and Plumas National Forests until Lake Almanor.
Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline.It occupies 376 square miles (970 km 2) in the southeast corner of the state, but because it is shallow it only holds about 7.5 million acre⋅ft (2.4 trillion US gal; 9.3 trillion L) of water. [2]
Big Pine, Reyes, and Pinos peaks area, aerial view. Big Pine Mountain is a mountain located in the San Rafael Mountains of the California Transverse Ranges.High enough to receive snowfall during the winter, [4] the summit, at 6,803+ feet (2,074+ m), is the highest point in the San Rafael Mountains, the Dick Smith Wilderness, and Santa Barbara County. [1]