Follow Highway 89 south from Tahoe City, California, (about 20 miles) or north from South Lake ... back hike that takes visitors about an hour to complete and features waterfalls, granite peaks ...

Lake Tahoe is often called the "Jewel of the Sierras," for good reason. Not only is it a proverbial jewel in the otherwise rugged 250-mile-long Sierra Nevada range, but from above, Tahoe looks ...