Lake Tahoe in Winter 



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haunts. Lake Tahoe is pre-eminently adapted as a winter re- 

 sort for three prime reasons : First, it is easily accessible ; 

 second, no place in the Sierra Nevada, not even Yosemite ex- 

 cepted, offers so many attractions ; third, it is the natural and 

 easy gateway in winter to the remote fastnesses of the northern 

 Sierra. 



The second and the third points claim immediate attention; 

 the first must wait. Among the attractions pre-eminently as- 

 sociated with Lake Tahoe in winter are boating, cruising, snow- 

 shoeing, exploring, hunting, mountain climbing, photography, 

 and camping for those whose souls are of sterner stuff. Fish- 

 ing during the winter months is prohibited by law. 



If one asks where to go, a bewildering group of trips and 

 pleasures appears. But there come forth speedily from out 

 the number a few of unsurpassed allurement. These are a 

 ski trip from Tallac to Fallen Leaf Lake to see the breakers 

 and the spray driven by a rising gale against the rock-bound 

 shore, and, when the lake has grown quieter, a boat ride to 

 Fallen Leaf Lodge beneath the frowning parapets of Mt. Tal- 

 lac. Next a ski trip up the glen to the buried hortelry at 

 Glen Alpine, where one enters by way of a dormer window 

 but is received to a cheerful fire and with royal hospitality. 



Under the skillful guidance of the keeper, a memorable ex- 

 perience may be made of a day's climb up the southern face 

 of Mt. Tallac for an unrivalled panoramic view from its sum- 

 mit, and a speedy but safe glissade back to the hostelry far. 

 far below. And if the legs be not too stiff from the glissade, 

 a climb over the southern wall of the Glen to Desolation Val- 

 ley and Pyramid Peak, whence can be seen the long gorge of 

 the Rubicon. The thousand lakes that dot this region present 

 no barrier to one's progress, for they are frozen over and lie 

 buried deep beneath the snow that falls here in an abundance 

 hardly exceeded elsewhere in the Tahoe region. 



A close rival of these is the climb from Rubicon Park up the 

 stately range in its rear to visit the mountain hemlock, the 

 graceful queen of the high mountains, and to gaze across the 

 chasm at the twin crags beyond. 



And peer of them all, though requiring but little exertion, is 

 a trip to Brockway to enjoy the unrivalled view of the ''Land's 



