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Quail Lake 1.5 mi. from Homewood, 0.75 mi. from the end of Meadow Rd.
From: Popular Hikes at USFS.
Cascade Falls TrailEasy - 1 mile to top of falls
Vikingsholm Trail Easy -  1 mile to castle
Rubicon Trail Moderate -  5 miles along Lake Tahoe
Meeks Bay Trail Moderate -4.5 mile to Lake Genevieve, 8 miles to Rubicon Lake
Bayview Trail Strenuous - 1 mile to Granite Lake, 5 miles to Fontanillis Lake
Eagle Falls Moderate -    1 mile to Eagle Lake
                          Strenuous - 4.5 miles to Dicks Lake, Velma Lakes,
                                       5 miles to Fontanillis Lake
Page Meadows              Moderate - wonderful wildflower walk

 Balancing Rock (Bliss SP)

 Light House Trail (Biss SP)
Climbs
 Elevation 
Hikestartendgain/
loss		dist.*Map
Quail Lake628068005200.8 mi.map
Homewood Ski Hill6250788016301.5map
Mt. Ellis (behind Hmwd.)6250874024903.3map
Barker Pk. (Blackwood Canyon Rd.)816688787121map
Crag Lk. (Meeks Bay Tr.)6250750012504.3map
Rubicon Lk. (Meeks Bay Tr.)6250834020907.3map
Mt. Tallac (from Fallen Leaf)
Toughest hike at Tahoe		6460973532754.6map
Gilmore Lk6560830017403.9map
Mt. Tallac (from Gilmore Lk)8300973514351.8map
Hwy 89 to Vikingsholm62404100.5map
Rubicon Pt. (Calawee Cove) to Vikingsholm (Rubicon Trail)4004.6map
Eagle Lake4002.0map
Freel Ridge (near Luther Pass)8390960012103map
Star Lake (via Freel Ridge)8390960012104.9map
Mt Rose8,84010,7781,93010map,
topo
Winnemucca Lake (near Carson Pass)856389804172.2map
* Distance 1-way

See Also: Donner Summit Hikes
Maps at: TahoeInfo
Donner Summit Area Trails (and some Tahoe Hikes)

Some of the Highest Peaks
Freel
Rose
Monument
Red Lake
Thimble
Tallac
10,881
10,778
10,067
10,063
9,805
9,735
Snow Valley
Genoa
Granite Chief
Twin Peaks
Ellis
Ward
9,214
9,150
9,050
8,878
8,740
8,637
Mt Rose.
Mount Rose is in Nevada, but itÕs the third-highest peak in the Lake Tahoe basin, which sits astride the CaliforniaÐNevada border. The first two miles of the main route to the top is a gradual dirt road, but expect a strenuous final mile and a half to the summit. The view from the ridge was unbelievable though. We looked west across Truckee to Donner Lake and the mountains surrounding Donner Summit, north to see stretches of I-80 and the reservoirs of Prosser Creek, Boca, and Stampede, and southeast to the south end of Washoe Lake. Row after row of the Sierra Nevada stretched out in a mountain-top vista. Only Lake Tahoe was hidden by the end of the ridge, Relay Peak, still 200 feet above us though we were already at 10,100 ft.
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last updated 22 Oct 2005