In this general area are the Mt. Tallack, Angora Lakes, Clark, Glen Alpine, and Echo Lake trails, and these are just a few. The Forest Service provides a trail map for the area. The ultimate hiking area is the Desolation Wilderness , located in the high peaks above Lake Tahoe's west shore. Here are huge masses of jumbled granite, with a stunted pine forest. The main entrance to the wilderness area is off Highway 50, west of Myers and beyond the first major ridge.
Travel here is limited to horseback or foot, and overnight hiking permits are required.
The state parks in California offer many hiking opportunities. Emerald Bay State Park has a scenic trail that descends to the beach and leads to Vikingsholm, an historic mansion which is in the style of a Scandanavian castle. D.L. Bliss State Park , on the same part of the Lake, offers easy hiking, plus camping, with swimming at Lester Beach. Sugar Pine Point State Park , farther along the western shore, offers summer and winter camping, hiking and water activity. The Tahoe Rim Trail has been a long time in the building, and is now nearing completion.