Desolation Wilderness
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The Desolation Wilderness is a 63,960-acre federally protected wilderness area in the Eldorado National Forest and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, in El Dorado County, California. The crest of the S
Desolation Wilderness from Mount Tallac
Pyramid Peak
Horsetail Falls (California)
Snow melt drainage on the east side of Pyramid Peak
Tahoe Rim Trail
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The Tahoe Rim Trail is a 170-mile long-distance hiking trail that forms a loop around the Lake Tahoe Basin in the Sierra Nevada and ranges of Nevada and California in the United States. The trail rang
Desolation Wilderness
…popular backpacking destination, with much barren rocky terrain at the edge of the tree line. It has extensive areas of bare granite rock formations. The Tahoe Rim Trail and Pacific Crest Trail pass through the wilderness. A list of other trailheads that provide access to the wilderness follows. Loon Lake trailhead…
Tahoe Rim Trail SL
Tahoe Rim Trail approaching the Watson Creek headwaters meadow
Ritter Range Pacific Crest Trail