California's Best Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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NEVADA

Lake

Tahoe

Donner

Lake

Inyo

National

Forest

Tahoe

Meadows

Eldorado

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Forest

Tahoe

National

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Desolation

Wilderness

Granite

Chief

Wilderness

MountRose

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Meyers

Gardenville

Kyburz Woodfords

Soda

Springs

Tahoe

City

Steamboat

Minden

Twin

Bridges

Hope

Valley

Virginia

City

Homewood

Tahoma

Stateline

Carson

City

CrystalBay&

InclineVillage

South

Lake

Tahoe

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Squaw

Valley

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TahoeVista

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1 South Lake Tahoe

South Lake Tahoe is a

chock-a-block commercial

strip bordering the lake

framed by postcard-

perfect mountains. In

winter, go swooshing

down the double-black

diamond runs and

monster vertical drops

of Heavenly (%775-586-

7000; http://www.skiheavenly.com;

3860 Saddle Rd; adult/child

lift ticket $88/50, gondola

$34/20; c), a behemoth

ski resort. From the top,

you’re on the spine of the

TRIP HIGHLIGHT

Lake Tahoe

Loop

The.horned.peaks.surrounding.Lake.Tahoe,.

straddling.the.California–Nevada.state.line,.are.

four-seasons.playgrounds..During.summer.hit.the.

cool.sapphire.waters.by.sandy.beaches.or.trek.and.

mountain-bike.forest.trails..In.wintertime,.Lake.

Tahoe.woos.powder-hungry.skiers.and.boarders.

with.scores.of.slopes..Year-round,.the.north.shore.

is.quiet.and.upscale;.the.west.shore,.rugged.and.

old-timey;.the.east.shore,.blissfully.undeveloped;.

and.the.south.shore,.always.busy.

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