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Hiking Lake Tahoe :: Cascade Falls

Tiara — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:12:00 +0000

Yesterday, Nick and I started out our Sunday with a short hike to Cascade Falls. Spring is the best time of year for waterfalls for obvious reasons… snow melting = flowing falls. Check back tomorrow to see what we tore apart in our house Sunday afternoon. It’s a project that’s going to take us at least a week to finish. How did you spend your Sunday?

Looking out to Lake Tahoe from the ridge of Cascade Lake

Roxy and I getting close to the falls

It’s flowing and it’s cold.

Roxy really likes posing for pictures.

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Hiking Tahoe :: Horsetail Falls

Tiara — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:34:00 +0000

Today was another spectacular day in Tahoe, with the high set to hit 70 degrees Nick and I set out in seek of yet another waterfall, Horsetail Falls . Horsetail Falls can be seen from highway 50 coming or going from Tahoe to Sacramento. Obviously, Spring is the best time for the hike as the snow begins to melt spilling from cliffs that form a narrowing valley, down huge granite slabs, from the clear pools of Pyramid Creek, which flows toward and away from the trail. A good portion of the hike is by trail, but once you hit a certain point it’s a rock scramble to the top.

Nick Right before we were about to enter desolation wilderness.

Just one of the small falls off of Horsetail.

It’s right pass the trailhead

Horsetail Falls – This is what you would see from Hwy 50.

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Hiking Tahoe :: It’s all about the Waterfalls

Tiara — Sun, 10 May 2009 05:31:00 +0000

The last few days have been beautiful in South Lake. Since the snow pack has been melting Nick and I knew it was the perfect time for a few waterfall hikes. The list included – – Cascade Falls, Eagle Falls, and Fallen Leaf Lake. All super easy and fast. We managed to see three falls in about 3 hours.

Cascade Falls took a while to hike back to as it’s roughly 1.5 miles to the falls from the trailhead. We forgot that it was Saturday and were reminded of this as the trail started to become crowded as we hiked out. If you must hike on Saturday the best time is in the morning, as it’s not typically crowded on the trails.

At the trailhead ready to go.

From the top of Cascade Falls: Cascade Lake and Lake Tahoe

Both Eagle Falls and the waterfalls at Fallen Leaf Lake are a quick 5-10 minute walk. What’s nice about Eagle Falls is that if you want to keep hiking you can go all the way back to Eagle Lake.

Eagle Lake is a relatively easy/moderate hike I tend to do at least once a year. However, today we just went out to the waterfall and back.

Eagle Falls

The Waterfall at Fallen Leaf Lake

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The Waterfalls of Portland

Tiara — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:03:00 +0000

OK – Actually just outside of Portland there are various waterfalls. Ones you can drive to, ones you can walk to, and well some you just have to hike to. Multnomah Falls is one of the most well known falls around Portland located in the Columbia River Gorge (30-35 minute drive). It’s beautiful but can be crowded on the weekends, especially if it’s nice out. Other great options for hiking and waterfall-seeing nearby are Bridal Veil Falls, Wahkeena Falls, Triple Falls, Horsetail Falls, Latourell Falls, Punchbowl Falls, Eagle Crest, and the list goes on and on.

Sue and I decided to a little hiking on Saturday before the Wedding and in the mission to find Multnomah Falls (at least the parking for it) we ended up also seeing Horsetail Falls. Once we parked we snapped a few shots at the base and started trekking up the trail to the top of the falls (it was actually paved all the way up).

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