Lake Tahoe from Incline Flume Trail
11/17/2021: We went about one and a half miles beyond the end of the trail to make it nearly 8 mi round trip. This was a beautiful hike, and the views of lake Tahoe are incredible. It was very easy and would be great for hiking, snowshoeing, cross country skiing, biking and running. this is a must-do hike in my humble opinion
Marg’s Notes: Had a better rest last night. Today we did the Incline Flume Trail. By far our favorite so far. It is on the N.W. side of the lake. It was basically flat and thru forest. We had BEAUTIFUL views of Lake Tahoe along the way. Rod took lots of pics! It was supposed to be a 2.5 mile out hike, but the trail continued, so we did too! Went 4 miles before turning around. We entered Diamond Peak Ski Resort, so turned around as we encountered more lifts & runs. It was not very crowded. We saw several people trail running, some mountain bikers & another hiker. Less than 20 people in all. On the way back, Rod climbed up a hill to get more pics. Another sunny day, no jackets! By the time we got back to the car it was ~2:30. We had planned to do another short hike, but it was getting late. It gets dark pretty fast these days! Went back to condo & did laundry.
Also, we planned to go out to eat, but were tired, so had lasagna again.
Rod’s Ramblings from the Trail: The trail goes through a forested area with large firs and pines: Jeffrey Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Sugar Pine, and White Fir, with a few Quaking Aspen dotting the landscape. There are geese flying above us right now which is really cool. As you walk at the beginning make sure to turn around and look at the beautiful view of lake Tahoe behind you.
You will run across a lot of trail markers on this trail. There are several options you can take if you want to. We just stayed on the main trail.
This is probably the most peaceful hike we have taken although we have seen a couple of bikers who were very nice and a few joggers.
Yes, we think this is our favorite hike so far. It just smells wonderful back here with the pines and the soil and so forth and there are several small streams that cross the trail that make that nice little trickling sound that we all love when we go hiking.
This trail is so sweet that my hiking buddy does not want to stop so we’ve gone a lot further beyond the end of the trail. Maybe another half mile or so.
This is the hike that we should have done on the first day. We would have acclimated and got some beautiful views and so forth. Marguerite got grumpy the first day and it sort of set the tone for her being tired for the next couple of days, but she is back in good spirits again 😊
This would be an awesome snowshoe trail especially for beginners like Marguerite and me. Because it's flat and we have walked almost 4 miles in.