The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-15
With SNOW CRESTED PEAKS
REGION SURROUNDING UPPER END LAKE TAHOE
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At the head of Lake Tahoe, where the
snow crested peaks rise the highest and
lead off in that procession of lofty emf
nences constituting the High Sierras, is
The Talac, most widely known of the
Tahoe resorts and one that is most
striking and individual in it's charms
and attractions. 1t takes its name
from Mt. Tallac majestic and beautiful
in it's towering height of 11,OOO feet, at
whose foot it nestles. This shore, where
Tahoe receives its first tribute from
the SHOWS. commands the whole stretch
of cold. blue water, which local legend
says never gives up it's dead. From
Talac may be seen the promontories
on both sides of the lake, blending in
distant perspective to the north where
the Truckee River forms the outlet.
1t is magnificent view.
The approach to Tallac is a prepare
ton for the grandeur that surrounds
and opens out from it. From san
Francisco the Southern Pacific takes
the traveller i'm a night to Truckee.
Thence the way is by narrow guage
railroad to Tahoe and thence by smooth
and swift steamer up the lake to Tai
lac. The ride up the lake is a sue
! cession of enhancing views and OPEN
| ing wonder vistas. The mountains
grow higher as you proceed and seem
to rise more abruptly from the shore of
| the lake. Here a trail on the side of
the mountain is pointed out which
| leads to mining camps whose names
] Of -
gonauts. There a bay indents the
shore and a stream from a smaller lake
up the mountain, pours down its spark
| ling waters in cascades and noisy
rapids. Emerald Bay, green in its depth
and from the reflection of the evergreen
| forests on it's shores, and thus taking
| it's name. indents the shore in mar
| row gorge and receives the melting
| snow from Twin Peaks over the spec
tacular Eagle Falls. The 1.-THE steamer
runs into this bay to deliver mail, and
out again rounding Eagle Point only
an arms length it seems, from the
| abruptly rising rock, yet in 400 feet of
water. the master says, and he is COR
rotated too by the intense blue of the
water, a blue that only depth can give.
We are soon at Tallac, and met at
the wharf by merry crowd. For the
| steamer brings the daily mail 1t
brings the daily quota of arriving
guests, and takes away those whose
lease of the glorious rest and recrea-
ton of this place has expired. The
stay of the steamer is short, for it
continues on it's circuit of the lake. 1t
is nearly noon when we get to Tallac,
but a delicious lunch is soon ready for
us and we begin i'm this way the in
comparable delight of a stay at The
TallaC.
The spirit and genius of The Tallac is
| in keeping with its environment II is
at the head of the lake. The rugged
mountains with their Businesses hold
| ing every charm of nature that in
vites to active quest, rise abruptly here
and stretch eway to the south for hum
| dreds of miles. So Tallac becomes the
| starting point of mountain climbers,
ambitious to test lung and muscle and
| steadiness of head and sureness of foot,
| and feel that zest and eXhiliration
which the very acme of intelligence
| tinctured physical satisfaction. From
| Tallac there are scores of practicable
| excursions of all degrees of physical
difficulty, from those that REQUIRE the