Eldorado National Forest
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Christmas Valley - Big Meadow Loop Eldorado National Forest |
September 25, 2025
Today I tried using only my iPhone as the trip camera, for the first time ever; the picture quality was great, but using that unit just wasn't the same. For now at least, the phone will revert to its former status as a backup unit; but I really should do some comparative testing.
Note the listed mileage to Round Lake
A few raindrops at the start
Spreading Dogbane
Thimbleberry are everywhere
Pine Drops
It is clearing up a bit
Lake Tahoe is fog-covered
This area was burned as the result of a 2002 plane crash
A better view
This is why I go hiking
The pink ones are Anderson Thistles
Butterfly Milkweed
More Spreading Dogbane
There are no photos of our lunch break, because I was charging the phone.
And for the record, Eileen did not visit here on the Round Lake hike on
August 28; that was the day we did burgers at Jim's place. Eileen and I
did venture up to Round Lake on a prior occasion.
My GPS and maps show that the actual trail distance is more than a mile farther than is shown on the trailhead signpost; moreover, that designation has been known to be incorrect for many years now.0
On the Tahoe Rim Trail
In Big Meadow
On Luther Pass Road
US-50 is up there
On South Upper Truckee Road
The pink ones are Fringed Willowherb
The end
§: Well, the afternoon option was about the same distance overall, and it
certainly was different; but it was not prettier than the other trail. I am,
however, determined finally to get back to Dardanelles Lake using the shorter Tahoe Rim
Trail approach — perhaps next midsummer.
Note the trail at center-left near the "20" marking, showing a section of the route that has been rerouted to nearly three times its original length. There were several other extensions as well.
