Die Wanderung auf den Mount Tallac (2967 m) am Lake Tahoe (1897 m) ist ein Highlight, dass unvergessliche Ausblicke über die Sierra Nevada und den Lake Tahoe bietet. Am Tallic Trailhead kann man nicht nur gut parken, sondern man erhält auch die für das Gebiet erforderliche Wilderness Permit. Nachdem wir dies...

After my failed attempt to climb Tells Peak last week I did my home work, studied what went wrong and why I didn't find the Highland Trail. After checking the different topo maps on caltopo.com, I realized that the US-Topo Map which I had with my (and was on my GPS) was outdated and contained an old version of the Highland Trail....

California's weather is currently influenced by a so-called "blocking high" off the Atlantic coast which brought us nice warm and sunny T-Shirt days down in the valley for almost all of December so far (and it doesn't look like it will change any time soon). Unfortunately this prevents the winter storms from rolling in and the...