But we’d recommend hopping onto one of the hiking trails around Fallen Leaf Lake for a mellow, flat cruise around one of our verrrry favorite places in Lake Tahoe. If you want to hike around, you can follow the Glen Alpine Trail as far into Desolation Wilderness as your heart desires. Easy for the whole family to enjoy, you can park your car almost directly in front of the falls or trek a short distance from the parking lot. Less of a waterfall hike and more of a waterfall viewing, Glen Alpine Falls is a short but sweet show-stopper tucked directly behind Fallen Leaf Lake in South Lake Tahoe. You’ll be able to snag a parking spot, enjoy a crowd-free moment at the Emerald Bay lookout and soak in a quiet moment with all of that spectacular scenery. It’s well-loved for sure, which might be a hassle for the summer hiker, but you as a spring hiker have nothing to worry about. For good reason, though, as the 2-mile out and back trail offers epic views of Emerald Bay State Park, a close-up of Eagle Falls and easy access to Eagle Lake. Not a local’s secret by any means, this is one of the most popular beginner hikes in all of Lake Tahoe.
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Especially if you stick to lower elevations, a lot of hiking trails will already be free of snow or manageable at the very least. Thankfully, that won’t be the case in springtime, when all of Lake Tahoe’s rivers are maxed out with snow melt. Because we’ve all done it-we’ve all mapped out a sick waterfall hike on a hot summer day, only to be met with a dried-up creek trickling down a rock face.
Spring is hands down the best season for chasing waterfalls in the Lake Tahoe area.
Follow The Trails On A Waterfall Hike Image by Daniel Parks on Flickr Between the two? Activities of every kind. It’s like Lake Tahoe has a seasonal mullet.
We can thank the Sierra Nevada mountains’ wide range of elevations for that. But spring, whenever she arrives, always does us right. Other years, it still feels like winter through April. Sometimes, it arrives in Lake Tahoe in March. Here’s the deal: spring doesn’t always start on time. There’s magic in the air, a little more green on the ground, and no less than one bajillion things to do in Lake Tahoe in spring. Not quite a ski trip, not quite boating weather-what exactly does springtime bring to Lake Tahoe? We’re happy to report: only good things.
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