Desolation Wilderness and South Lake Tahoe

I flew into Sacramento and immediately rented a car to access the Seirra Nevada mountains. I was coming off a night shift so didn't want to commit to the full 2 hour drive on the first day to South Lake Tahoe. I stopped at the Desolation Wilderness area.

Highway 50 Eastbound

Twin Bridges Tract

Ralston Trailhead

Desolation Wilderness Boundary

There was a significant forest fire on the lower slopes

Looking across the valley at the West Bowl Express Chairlift of Sierra At Tahoe Resort

Junction trail to the Ralston Peak

Old military ammo can for the summit

Lake Aloha and the direction of the Desolation Valley

Upper and Lower Echo Lakes

These guys were part of a group of 3 from Sacramento who went on a chill 1 night trip with a planned car shuttle move for exiting out of the same trailhead I started. Apparently their buddy hiked back the way they came to move the car himself so they didn't have to Uber... too bad as I had offered them a ride!