Ted's Hiking World Sand Ridge Lake
Tahoe National Forest

August 14, 2025

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Only one other vehicle has braved the access road

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Castle Peak from Castle Pass

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Basin Peak

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Peter Grubb Hut — for cross-country skiers mostly

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Some color on the ridge

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The difficult Hole in the Ground bike trail runs all the way over to Lola Montez Lake

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Parmelia Fungi *
Red Elderberry

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Starting up Ted's Shortcut

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Finding a path

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Sand Ridge Lake appears

<Click on the arrow>

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It hasn't changed since I first came here in 1971

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The junction marker that was missed earlier

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To keep the mountain bikes from tearing up the route

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Desi's climbing rock

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Pine Drops

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Rose Spirea *
Ganoderma Fungi  -aka-  Shelf Mushroom

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Back in the meadow

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Giant Red Indian Paintbrush *
Wandering Daisy

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Austrian Peaweed *
Mule's Ears

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Signal Peak in the west

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There's the car

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That's a 'call' used by ham radio operators to initiate contact

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