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History: The story of Trout Creek

Trout Creek is a small tributary of the Truckee River north of Lake Tahoe that originates from Tahoe Donner on the eastern Sierra Nevada, flowing southeast for approximately 5.5 miles, through downtown Truckee and then…

Whose water is it? Lake Tahoe water levels dropping quickly as demand increases

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. - Those watching the level of Lake Tahoe know it is dropping quickly, and it s not just because of a lack of snowfall this year and another year of drought.

This Tahoe Truckee hike is a meditation on Jeffrey pine and sagebrush

This Tahoe Truckee hike is a meditation on Jeffrey pine and sagebrush FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 2of3 3of3 Elizabethtown Meadows is a trail hidden in plain sight.  I’ve driven past the trailhead countless times, but I didn’t know the trail existed until a former colleague, who now works at the Tahoe Donner Land Trust, told me about it.  The trail begins near Northstar and heads north, traversing a gentle slopeside of Jeffrey pines and large alpine meadows for a couple of miles until it connects to a larger trail system at Waddle Ranch in Martis Valley. While Tahoe’s higher elevations are still buried in snow, Elizabethtown Meadows and Waddle Ranch are already dry, open and ready for hiking. If there s one thing to know about hiking in Tahoe in the spring, it s to start low and follow the snowmelt to the higher elevations.