Beautiful Day Hike

Altama Plantation WMA. Near Brunswick, GA. 

Beautiful Fall visit to Reno, NV to see our daughter.  It gave us the opportunity to explore many day hikes around the area in the mild, mostly sunny weather.  56 miles hiked and 528 miles driven over nine days in the Northern Nevada and Lake Tahoe region. Panorama with Carson Valley on the left and Lake Tahoe on the right.  From Spooner Summit and the Tahoe Rim Trail northbound.

Site of the 1994 Crystal Fire, near Verdi, NV.  Mt Rose Wilderness in the distance. The trees on the ridge are coming back nicely! Peavine Peak in the distance, with deer in the foreground!

Beautiful, cold morning. Reno, NV.  Verdi ridge in the distance.

Near Washoe City, NV.  At the base of Slide Mountain.

Trailhead near near Reno, NV.

Near Tahoe Meadows, NV.  Views of Diamond Peak and Lake Tahoe.

Humboldt-Toiyabe NF, near Verdi, NV. 

Trail from Washoe Valley to Tahoe Meadows. Humboldt-Toiyabe NF. Near Washoe City, NV. 

Peavine foothills. Near Reno, NV. 

Tahoe NF, near Truckee, CA.   Above Boca reservoir. 

Potential open space preserve near Truckee, CA. Mild weather!

Beautiful arid pinyon pine terrain, with view of Mt Rose and Slide Mtn to the west. Near Virginia City, NV. 

Humboldt-Toiyabe NF? View of Reno, NV.

Tahoe Rim Trail northbound to Lake Tahoe views. Snow clouds building to the west!