10 miles of hiking • 2250' elevation gain •
While visiting a friend in Reno we struck out for this popular day hike near Lake Tahoe. It's fairly stunning how little snow the east side of the Tahoe Basin receives because even at 10K feet, there were only patches here and there, versus the west side where we spotted a few skiers enjoying their late snow season.
The trail starts off a bit crowded, as it seems that many families come to check out the waterfall and meadow which serve as the halfway point of this trail. As we kept going, it got much quieter and we finally starting getting some good views. There were a few different groups on the steeper section, all of them conditioning for Mount Whitney as it turned out, so we chatted and ate lunch on the windless summit. A fine morning all-around, save for this truly painful sunburn on my calf.
