Up into the
Sierra,
again via 80,
some ominous clouds,
past all the usual suspects
(Lake Putt,
Bear
Valley,
Emigrant Gap,
Burnt Ridge,
Yuba
Pass
Railroad
Tunnel,
Cisco Butte,
Big
Bend,
Castle Ridge
and
Peak,
Boreal,
Donner
Summit /
Cliffs /
Canyon /
Peak),
proceeding thereafter on a reverse course from yesterday to the Lake, i.e.
up
the
Truckee River, through
Tahoe
City,
over
Dollar
Hill, beyond
Carnelian Bay,
Tahoe
Vista
Post Office (where the across-California hike ended),
King's
Beach,
and
Brockway,
again to the Nevada border --
picking up th
through-line from
Crystal
Bay
Grade (last walked with Harriet at the end of the 2011 season),
down
the
slope,
in
better-
than-
expected
climes,
past
impressive
views
and
domiciles
to
the
outskirts
of
Incline
Village's
condos,
co-habitations, and
cliffs
(many
of
the
former
two
sometimes
functioning
as a kind of
Malibu north...
blocking views, but, at the same time, not without interest) --
ultimately
reaching
and
leapfrogging
the stretch done yesterday with H,
and going beyond to the
280 /
431
Junction.
Will there be walks further? A fair question.
Part of the answer is to check out the route,
so up we go to
the
scenic
Tahoe
Overlook,
and
alongside
Rose
Ridge
and
beyond
to
Tahoe
Meadows
and
Mt. Rose
Summit (how about "Pass"?),
with views of Mt. Rose's
actual summit,
from the once-laconically-appellated
Mt. Rose
Ski Area
(now redubbed a hipper
"Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe").
Down a winding path from 8911 ft,
with vistas of
Washoe Lake
and
Reno (and not much shoulder -- certainly a factor to consider if considering eventually walking this),
the world turns
desertic
and
at
least
sporadically
populated,
taking
the
left north on
395
through
the
hotellic
energy,
prospects of the
ranges all around,
then
west
again
on
familiar
80
through
Verdi,
back
into
California
via
spectacularly
severe
Truckee
River
Canyon,
the sky west of the
Sierra Crest presaging potential meterologic fury anon.
But,
for now,
make it over
Donner
again,
and
down
the
long
ecological
slope,
progressively
losing
snow
and
elevation,
towards
Auburn's
semi-arid
vegetation,
to
a
Newcastle-
and-
Roseville
sunset,
with uncertainty all around, as usual...
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