Water Taxi Across Echo Lake - Tahoe Rim Trail

Tamarack Lake, Tahoe Rim Trail – Day 3

Jul 18, ’14 · by · in On Adventures

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

Round Lake, Tahoe Rim Trail – Day 2

Jul 17, ’14 · by · in On Adventures

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, TRT

Star Lake, Tahoe Rim Trail Thru-Hike – Day 1

Jul 16, ’14 · by · in On Adventures

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…