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The Granite Chief Trail is a popular hike located northwest of Lake Tahoe. The hike to the summit involves 5.6 miles of hiking and 2850 feet of elevation gain. There are several websites and even books that claim this hike is only 9 miles round trip. However, both GPS and the trail markers indicate it is 5.6 miles to the summit. Fortunately the author of the main page got it right.Now that you kno...
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Granite Chief is located on the northeast edge of the same named 25,680 acre Granite Chief Wilderness...
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Granite Chief is a mountain located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Lake Tahoe. The mountain rises...
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Squaw Creek in combination with the North Ridge is the shortest approach available in winter without...
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Needle from Lyon PeakNeedle Peak is the highest point on the ridge that extends west from Granite Chief,...
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<p>Last Thursday, Anna and I went up to the Squaw Valley Ski Resort to see the full moon from on high....
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Dayhike from Squaw Valley to Shirley Lakes. The trail is fairly well marked, but at times becomes hard...
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Peak 8426 dominates the skyline above the Squaw Valley. However, despite being an obvious landmark, it...
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This is a good, long, hike from major trailheads along or near the Pacific Crest Trail. Both start from...
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Anderson Peak is the broad summit on the Sierra crest between Mt. Lincoln and Tinker Knob. It is plainly...
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This challenging 10.4-miler climbs past lowland scrubs, a wildfire zone, and several campsites to a tall...
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Silver Creek Campground is located on Highway 89 South between Truckee and Tahoe City. This campground...
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Silver Creek Campground is located on Highway 89 South between Truckee and Tahoe City. This campground...
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Twin Peaks is located on the border of the Granite Chief Wilderness on the west shore of Lake Tahoe,...
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Experience Tahoe scenery without Tahoe crowds on this 12-mile riverside out-and-pack path which passes...
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Donner Peak and neighboring Mount Judah are perhaps most popular as off-piste ski and snowboard destinations...
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Granite Flat Campground is located on Highway 89 South one mile from Truckee and a short distance to...
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Climb for half the ride on pavement and fire roads then bomb down the Rim Trail for the last half...
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Anna and I did an out-and-back day hike on section K of the Pacific Crest Trail yesterday. It was a gorgeous...
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Gates Group Campground is located in Tahoe, CA, near French Meadows and Foresthill. This campground is...
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None Services & Amenities: Alerts and Important Information Reservations must be made at least 4...
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William Kent Campground is in the Lake Tahoe Basin located on the west shore of Lake Tahoe. The campground...
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All of the TrailBehind crew (the puppy Tenuki included) took a little daytime jaunt through the Timilick...
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US 50 to I-80: Visit two scenic wilderness areas, swim in countless lakes, and traverse above Lake Tahoeâs...
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The "Hole in the Ground" trail is a great technical ride, which passes several small lakes and has some...
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This ride is classed as strenuous but is nothing like Mr Toadâs. That said there is around 1500 ft...
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Campground is located in a coniferous forest with a reservoir nearby. Summer days are warm to hot, evenings...
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Truckee is an incorporated town in Nevada County, California, United States. The population was 13,864...
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Situated very near Donner Summit on Hwy 80, Andesite Peak sees it's fair share of visitors year round....
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<p>Castle Peak looked so nice off in the distance on Wednesday that we decided to walk up it on Thursday.</p>...
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Devils Peak is located on the divide between the Yuba and American River watersheds in the Tahoe National...
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There are many ways to approach the summit. The easiest is from Castle Pass, following the arcing ridgeline,...
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I went snowshoeing with Anna today, for the first time. We did a little 45-minute jaunt through the Ponderosa...
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<p>Anna and I took the puppy out to the Tompkins Memorial Trail in the evening. The trail is a 4 mile...
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Input near soda springs. Great single track ride with Swimming near end....