Nevada Rambler

For Nevada Day weekend, Michael and I and Spaz the dog went on a hiking and car camp trip to the Jones Valley and Babbitt Peak area of the Tahoe National Forest, just west of Reno. The lookout station (above) was closed for the season. A chilly night in Jones Valley. Here are a few photos from the trip.

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Track and Profile

Statistics:

8.63 mi (3.96 mi uphill, 4.15 mi downhill, 0.43 mi flat)
~1700 ft total ascent – 11.8 % uphill grade, 68.5 % downhill grade
4:44:20 total time (3:44:50 moving, 0:59:30 stopped)
0:26:02 pace (2.3 mph average speed, 3.8 mph max speed)
11.297 difficulty, 21.594 effort

A nice, long dayhike with Michael, Joe, and S.M. on the Pacific Crest Trail from Barker Pass to Alpine Meadows, on the west side of Lake Tahoe in the Granite Chief Wilderness Area. The descent into Alpine Meadows Ski Area is via the Five Lakes Trail. We did a shuttle, leaving a car at the Five Lakes Trailhead and driving to Barker Pass via the Blackwood Canyon Rd.

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Lake Tahoe from the Pacific Crest Trail above Alpine Meadows.

One of the Five Lakes.

Hikers group shot.

Statistics:

14.14 mi (5.67 mi uphill, 6.95 mi downhill, 1.44 mi flat)
~1800 ft total ascent (~2800 ft descent) – 11.3 % uphill grade, 21.8 % downhill grade
6:28:06 total time (5:30:00 moving, 0:58:06 stopped)
2.2 mph average speed, 2.7 mph moving average speed
14.159 difficulty, 29.369 effort

Another georgeous dayhike, this time to Winnemucca Lake, Round Top Lake, and Round Top, from the Woods Lake Trailhead near Carson Pass on CA Hwy 88. There’s new snow at high elevations since last week, but we made it to the top of Round Top, ~10370 ft.

Round Top is on the Tahoe OGUL peak list.

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Statistics:

7.48 mi (3.31 mi uphill, 3.19 mi downhill, 0.86 mi flat)
~2347 ft total ascent – 18.1 % uphill grade, 42.9 % downhill grade
6:25:57 total time (4:14:36 moving, 2:11:21 stopped)
0:34:00 pace (1.8 mph moving average speed, 5.7 mph max speed)
19.532 difficulty, 33.374 effort

A gorgeous Sunday afternoon hike with Michael and a friend visiting from back East. The Rubicon Trail starts in Bliss State Park, on the southwest side of Lake Tahoe, and leads to Emerald Bay.
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Lake Tahoe Vista Point (looking toward Cave Rock and Mt. Tallac)

Emerald Bay

Rubicon Trail

Sailboat from Rubicon Point Beach

Statistics:

10.11 mi (4.34 mi uphill, 4.26 mi downhill, 1.41 mi flat)
~1200 ft total ascent – 11.5 % uphill grade, 12.7 % downhill grade
5:06:09 total time (4:09:59 moving, 0:56:10 stopped)
0:24:42 pace (2.4 mph average speed, 5.7 mph max speed)
11.972 difficulty, 23.776 effort