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Lake Tahoe (/ ˈ t ɑː h oʊ /; Washo: Dáʔaw) is a freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the Western United States, straddling the border between California and Nevada.Lying at 6,225 ft (1,897 m) above sea level, Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America, [4] and at 122,160,280 acre⋅ft (150.7 km 3) it trails only the five Great Lakes as the largest by volume in the United ...
The Edgewood Tahoe Resort golf course lies along the Lake Tahoe shoreline. The Heavenly Mountain Resort ski area is on the California–Nevada border. Another well-known feature of Stateline is Kingsbury Grade, which runs up and over a mountain pass, rising from Lake Tahoe and dropping down to the Carson Valley on the other side. Most of ...
Mount Tallac is a mountain peak southwest of Lake Tahoe, in El Dorado County, California. The peak lies within the Desolation Wilderness in the Eldorado National Forest. It is quite visible from State Routes 89 and 28, and U.S. Route 50. A "cross of snow" is clearly visible on the mountain's face during the winter, spring, and early summer months.
Mount Agassiz, at 13,899 feet (4,236 m), is one of the 20 highest peaks of California.It is the northernmost and easiest to climb of the major Palisades summits. [6] This peak is not to be confused with the 9,967-foot (3,038 m) peak by the same name in Desolation Wilderness, also in the California Sierra.
Granlibakken is a conference center and lodge that operates year-round one mile (1.6 km) southwest of Tahoe City, California. [1] The resort has 190 rooms and 16,000 square feet (1,500 m 2) of meeting space, [2] and occupies a historic location on Lake Tahoe's northwest shore. The small ski hill at Granlibakken is Lake Tahoe's oldest ski resort.
White Wolf Mountain is located between Olympic Valley, Placer County, California and Alpine Meadows, California. [2] [3]The property runs from the parking lot at Alpine Meadows to Palisades Tahoe and includes KT-22, which Palisades Tahoe leases from White Wolf Mountain.