33 Triangle Lake, Echo Peak, and Angora Lakes Loop
35 Echo Lakes to Lake of the Woods and Ropi Lake
39 Upper Blue Lake to Fourth of July Lake
40 Winnemucca and Round Top Lakes Loop
43 Tahoe Rim Trail: Spooner Summit to Snow Valley Peak
47 Tahoe Rim Trail: Spooner Summit to South Camp Peak
49 Tahoe Rim Trail: Kingsbury South to Star Lake
50 Tahoe Rim Trail: Armstrong Pass to Star Lake
Using Top Trails™
Organization of Top Trails
Top Trails is designed so you can find the perfect trail and make every outing a success and a pleasure. With this guide it’s a snap to find the right trail, whether you’re planning a major hike or just a sociable stroll with friends.
The Region
At the very front of this guide, the Lake Tahoe Trail Features Table lists every trail covered in this guide, along with attributes for each trail.
The Lake Tahoe Overview Map provides a geographic overview of the Lake Tahoe region and shows the areas covered by each chapter. A quick reading of the regional map and the trail features table gives you a quick overview of the entire region covered by the guide.
The Areas
The region covered in this book is divided into areas, with each chapter corresponding to one area in the region. Each area chapter starts with information to help you choose and enjoy a trail every time out. Use the table of contents or the regional map to identify an area of interest, and then turn to the area chapter to find the following information:
An overview of the area’s parks and trails
An area map showing all trail locations
A trail features table providing trail-by-trail details
Trail summaries highlighting each trail’s special features
The Trails
The basic building block of the Top Trails guide is the trail entry. Each one is arranged to make finding and following the trail as simple as possible, with all pertinent information presented in this easy-to-follow format:
A detailed trail map
Trail descriptions covering difficulty, length, and other essential data
A written trail description
Trail milestones providing easy-to-follow, turn-by-turn trail directions
Some trail descriptions offer additional information:
An elevation profile
Trail options
Trail highlights
In the margins of the trail entries, keep your eyes open for graphic icons that signal features mentioned in the text.
Choosing a Trail
Top Trails provides several different ways of choosing a trail, using easy-to-read tables and maps.
Location
If you know in general where you want to go, Top Trails makes it easy to find the right trail in the right place. Each chapter begins with a large-scale map showing the starting point of every trail in that area.
Features
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