Snowshoe trails near Tahoe - Squaw and Northstar
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 9:00 pm
I'm new to Sierra hiking/snowshowing (been living in WA the last few years) and I'm going to be heading out to Tahoe, staying near Northstar with some colleagues from work. I'm looking to get out into the back country for some snowshoeing in addition to resort skiing. I've found a few list of x-country ski and snowshoe trails but nothing looks terribly exciting. I'm hoping to get some advice for other options for the group here. I was wondering if there were trails out of the Squaw valley high camp from the top of the gondola? I don't have any formal mountaineering experience and won't have an ice axe so I'm not looking for technical ascents or risky avalanche terrain. Just some nice 5-10 mile snowshoe routes in the area that should be safe. Ideally with some nice high alpine views and not too many designated x-country ski trails that I'd have to worry about stomping.
I've got the White book, Snowshoe trails of California, this has some good looking trails, like the 5 lakes basin but I haven't really found recent trip reports for the local terrain (The Washington Trails Association website was always a great resource for WA, I wish there was something like this for California). Any other suggestions would be great!
Thanks very much,
Lyle
I've got the White book, Snowshoe trails of California, this has some good looking trails, like the 5 lakes basin but I haven't really found recent trip reports for the local terrain (The Washington Trails Association website was always a great resource for WA, I wish there was something like this for California). Any other suggestions would be great!
Thanks very much,
Lyle