Tahoe Vacation Rentals

Tahoe Vacation Rentals

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Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains of the United States. It is located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City, Nevada. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in the United States. Its depth is 514 m making it America's second deepest. The lake is known for the clarity of its water and the panorama of surrounding mountains on all sides.

The area around Lake Tahoe was originally inhabited by the Washoe tribe of Native Americans.

Much of the area surrounding Lake Tahoe is devoted to the tourism industry and there are many restaurants, ski slopes and casinos catering to visitors.

Peaks and mountains ; Mount Tallac 9,735 ft, Mount Pluto 8,610 ft, Rubicon Peak 9,183 ft, Genoa Peak 9,150 ft , Freel Peak 10,881 ft, Mount Rose 10,778 ft , Ellis Peak 8,740 ft , Scott Peak 8,289 ft , Ward Peak 8,637 ft , Maggies Peak 8,699 ft , Jakes Peak 9,187 ft , Monument Peak 10,067 ft , Duane Bliss Peak 8,729 ft , Jobs Peak 10,633 ft , Jobs Sister 10,823 ft , Stevens Peak 10,061 ft , Red Lake Peak 10,061 ft , Relay Peak 10,324 ft , Mount Houghton 10,483 ft , Pyramid Peak 9983 ft., Snow Valley Peak 9,214 ft

Winter sports

During ski season, thousands of people from all over Nevada and California, including Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, flock to the slopes for some of the best skiing in the world. Lake Tahoe, in addition to its panoramic beauty, is well known for its blizzards.

Some of the major ski areas in Tahoe include:
Squaw Valley: the second largest ski area, known for its hosting of the 1960 Winter Olympics, located near Tahoe City
Alpine Meadows: a medium sized ski area on the north shore only a few miles from Squaw Valley
Diamond Peak: a small ski area located in Incline Village, Nevada
Northstar at Tahoe: a popular north shore ski area
Kirkwood Mountain Resort: a south shore ski area which gets more snow than any other ski area in Tahoe
Sierra-at-Tahoe: a small south shore ski area
Boreal Mountain Resort: a small ski area on Donner Pass
Sugar Bowl Ski Resort: a medium sized ski area in Donner Pass
Donner Ski Ranch: a very small ski area on Donner Pass
Homewood Ski Resort: a medium sized ski area on the west shore
Mount Rose Ski Resort: a medium sized ski area north east of the Lake, on Slide Mountain

The majority of ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe region are on the northern end of the lake, near Truckee, California and Reno, Nevada. Kirkwood, Sierra at Tahoe and Heavenly are located on the southern side of the lake, approximately 80 miles (129 km) from Reno. It is common for visitors to ski among these 3 resorts when staying in Southern Lake Tahoe and not venture to the northern lake resorts (Squaw Valley, Northstar at Tahoe, Sugar Bowl, etc.).

For an instant overview of the locations and conditions of Tahoe ski resorts, see Ski Bonk's resort map.

Scattered throughout Tahoe are public and private sled parks. Some, such as Granlibakken are equipped with rope tows to help sledders get up the hill.

Many ski areas in Tahoe also have Snow tubing, such as Squaw Valley. Snow tubing is popular among people who are interested in alternative sports. Throughout Tahoe, Cross Country Skiing, Snowmobile riding, and Snowshoeing are also popular, thus there are many trails for them.

Water sports

During late Spring to early Fall, the lake is popular for water sports and beach activities. The two cities most identified with the Lake Tahoe tourist area are South Lake Tahoe, California and the smaller Stateline, Nevada; smaller centers on the northern shoreline include Tahoe City and Kings Beach.

Boating, the primary activity in Tahoe in the summer, is known worldwide. There are lakefront restaurants all over the lake, most equipped with docks and buoys. There are all sorts of boating events, such as sailboat racing, firework shows over the lake, guided cruises, and more. Lake Tahoe also has its own Coast Guard.

Hiking and mountain biking

There are hundreds of hiking and mountain biking trails all around the lake. They range in length, difficulty, and popularity. One of the most famous of Tahoe's trails is the Tahoe Rim Trail, a 270 km trail that circumnavigates the lake. Directly to the west of the lake is the Granite Chief Wilderness, which provides great hiking and wilderness camping. Also, to the southwest is the very popular Desolation Wilderness. One of the most popular trailheads is the Eagle Lake Trailhead.

Gambling

Gambling is legal on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. Casinos, each with a variety of slot and video machines and table games, are located on the South Shore in Stateline, and on the North Shore in Crystal Bay and Incline Village.

The area surrounding the lake is also referred to as Lake Tahoe, or simply Tahoe. It is home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. . There is a pronounced annual runoff of snowmelt in late spring and early summer, the timing of which varies from year to year. In some years, summertime monsoon storms from the Great Basin bring intense rainfall, especially to high elevations on the east side of the basin.

Vegetation in the basin is dominated by a mixed conifer forest of Jeffrey pine (P. Jeffreyi), lodgepole pine (P. contorta), white fir (Abies concolor), and red fir (A. magnifica). The basin also contains significant areas of wet meadows and riparian areas, dry meadows, brush fields (with Arctostaphylos and Ceanothus) and rock outcrop areas, especially at higher elevations. Ceanothus is capable of fixing nitrogen, but mountain alder (Alnus tenuifolia), which grows along many of the basin’s streams, springs and seeps, fixes far greater quantities, and contributes measurably to nitrate-N concentrations in some small streams.

Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the United States, with a maximum depth of 501 m trailing only Oregon's Crater Lake at 594 m. Tahoe is also the 16th deepest lake in the world, and the fifth deepest in average depth. It is about 35 km long and 19 km wide and has 72 mi of shoreline and a surface area of 191 square miles.

Approximately two-thirds of the shoreline is in California. The south shore is dominated by the lake's largest city, South Lake Tahoe, California, which adjoins the town of Stateline, Nevada, while Tahoe City, California is located on the lake's northwest shore. Although highways run within sight of the lake shore for much of Tahoe's perimeter, many important parts of the shoreline now lie within state parks or are protected by the United States Forest Service.

The Sierra Nevada (Spanish for "Snowy Range") is a mountain range located in the USA state of California. In a few places, it overlaps into neighboring Nevada. The range is also known informally as the Sierra, the High Sierra, and the Sierras.

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