It’s lovely here, but the area just got dumped on a few days
ago. Hopefully it is the last snowfall of the season, but the locals tell me
you just can’t be sure. Fortunately, when we crossed the mountains to get into
Reno and then the Tahoe basin, the “chains required” lights had been turned
off, so we were able to push Colectiva on through.
However, when we struck out to hike parts of the Pacific
Crest Trail and the Tahoe Rim Trail circles the lake for about 165 miles, we
found that the conditions at the trail heads left a bit to be desired. We can’t
imagine what the conditions might have looked like out on the trails
themselves!
We were able to find some lower trails, closer to the lake,
that were passable, even though they were pretty waterlogged. We hiked all over
Emerald Bay, and managed to make it down to Vikingsholm. Built just before the
Great Depression by Mrs. Laura Josephine Knight, the 38-room mansion was
constructed to look like a Scandinavian Palace.
The only upside we found for the heavy snow cover was that
waterfall basins that would likely be totally dry in August were literally
gushing with water. We found a trail that took us from Vikingsholm to Eagle
Falls. In addition to these spectacular falls, on the Vikingsholm and Eagle
trails we found at least a dozen waterfalls, most of which I am sure are just
seasonal.
Talk to you soon!
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