Watson Lake, Tahoe Rim Trail – Day 7
Lake Tahoe is known for it’s crystal clear blue waters, a trait it has partially due to an active sediment filtering habitat surrounding the lake. I knew this, but it did not hit me that this would affect water filters until the very beautiful Star Lake (way back on day 1 of hiking) clogged a hardy MSR ceramic filter with silt -And day 1 was only a brief preview of how very silty these lakes surrounding Tahoe can get…
The Truckee River, Tahoe Rim Trail – Day 6
The longest backpacking trip I had done before hiking the Tahoe Rim trail had been my 5 day, 50 mile hike around Red Peak Pass. Here on day 6 I was breaking into the new frontier of trip length… and at the end of day 6 we had hiked over 90 miles! WHAT?!
Day 6 was arguable one of our longest days too…
PCT Creekside Camp, Tahoe Rim Trail – Day 5
The mosquitoes I tangoed with at Middle Velma Lake on camp night 4 were only a warm-up. The real deal was to be found on day 5, as we exited the Desolation Wilderness and hiked down the TRT to camp besides an unnamed small creek about a mile after Bear Creek.
I am calling camp on night 5 “PCT Creekside Camp” because we did see the most number of PCT hikers passing through here…
Middle Velma Lake, Tahoe Rim Trail – Day 4
Beginning June 25, 2014 I thru-hiked the Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT), circling Lake Tahoe in 12 days. Accompanied by my friend and fellow blogger, Trails, we bravely took on this 165+ mile loop. I will be blogging a day-by-day rundown of each day’s hike, night’s campsite, and my contemplations while beating down miles. Check out my complete trip report for the TRT here – This is day 4. The Desolation Wilderness is the…
Tamarack Lake, Tahoe Rim Trail – Day 3
Resupplies are part of the thru-hiking experience – planning ahead to restock food and personal items. We had 3 resupply stops on this trip, the first of which was at a little store and seasonal post office at Echo Lake.
Originally the plan was to resupply on day four, but instead I had reworked the schedule to bust our behinds into getting there in three days. In my defense, It shaved a day off of our time & the lakes we stayed at were some prime camping spots! Unfortunately that also meant we were 14 miles from the Echo Lake resupply location…
Round Lake, Tahoe Rim Trail – Day 2
Sometime during the early morning hours at Star Lake a it started drizzling. It wasn’t a hard rain, but the wind can really whip up the canyon there if it wants to. Trails was a trooper and ran outside to pull our packs under the rainfly – maybe it would stop by morning time?
Despite our hopeful thoughts the rain did not stop. We hid in the tent cooking and packing up after waking, but it was inevitable. We had to pack up one wet and heavy tent, put on our pack covers, and brave the weather.
Star Lake, Tahoe Rim Trail Thru-Hike – Day 1
Beginning June 25, 2014 I thru-hiked the Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT), circling Lake Tahoe in 12 days. Accompanied by my friend and fellow blogger, Trails, we bravely took on this 165+ mile loop. I will be blogging a day-by-day rundown of each day’s hike, night’s campsite, and my contemplations while beating down miles. Check out my complete trip report for the TRT here – This is day 1. Starting a 12 thru-hike of…
I’m Thru-Hiking the Tahoe Rim Trail!
Tomorrow I will set foot for the first time on the Tahoe Rim Trail… hopefully I think it is alright because then the plan is to thru-hike it. Actually, even if I (somehow, in an unlikely turn of events) find out it is pretty lame and filled with mosquitoes and summer tourists I am planning to through hike it. Because THRU-HIKING, that sounds impressive – right? This was all my…
Backpacking Gem Lake, Emigrant Wilderness: A Tale of Lakes & Mosquitoes
On the first weekend in June I went on my second backpacking trip into the Emigrant Wilderness. I wanted to do a short trip to test some gear (a new sleeping bag & water filter!) before my trip on the Tahoe Rim Trail (next week!!!) but not have to travel far from Groveland. Plus, it seems odd that I have not explored the Emigrant more. Overnight Backpacking to Gem Lake, Emigrant Wilderness,…
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