Trip Report Series #13 | Tahoe Rim Trail

The Tahoe Rim Trail circumnavigates Lake Tahoe, affording epic views, undulating mountainous terrain, a robust black bear population, and over a hundred miles of thru or section - hiking -- sharing part of its mileage with the PCT.

Noted for its scenic stretch through the Desolation Wilderness, vistas of the lake and smaller mountain lakes, and dry east side, this is a backpacking trip with the potential for snowpack to last into July and the propensity for wildfires in dry summers. What makes this convenient is an inexpensive airline trip to and from KC to Reno, NV, with options for public or reasonably-priced commercial transportation.

I'll provide an overview of the trip there: highs and lows, difficulties, risks, terrain, elevation, permit requirements, maps and guidebooks, information gathering, water strategy, food storage, side hikes, gear, group planning thoughts, logistics, and more.

It will be helpful to you to have reviewed this backpacking trip online and have at least a basic familiarity with it before this talk. The speaker(s) intend to launch into various specifics of the experience and not necessarily provide a start-to-finish walkthrough.

This is not a future trip planning session. This overview does not equip you with all you need to know to be safe and successful should you plan your trip - that will require your significant due diligence beginning with official sources (and this), but this talk can be helpful.

*Also, did you know Sierra Club runs trips to scenic areas like this which takes on the planning for you? Search here for a wide range of Trips

During this talk, you'll get some insightful curated experiential information, see video clips and pictures, and I'll walk through my map plan.

This will be on the Zoom platform, and you'll have to be registered with Zoom and be your tech. support. Don't wait until the last minute to test and configure your setup. I will push out the meeting link and password a few days before the Zoom call. When you land in the meeting on game day, you'll first enter the waiting room for validation and then be in a listen-only mode until participants are unmuted for the Q&A time - which helps assure that we are not Zoom-bombed! So be sure you have a Zoom account (create one here) and are logged in to it before trying to join the meeting!

About the Sierra Club

The Sierra Club is America's largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with over 3.5 million members and supporters. In addition to protecting every person's right to get outdoors and access the healing power of nature, the Sierra Club works to promote clean energy, safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and legal action. For more information, visit www.sierraclub.org.

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