Five-Star Trails around Lake Tahoe: A Guide to the Most Beautiful Hikes

I have several books on the trails in the Lake Tahoe area. This is the best I've come across yet. The book lays out a lot of detail about each hike. Plus for each hike you get an easy to read graph showing you the change in elevation for the trail at different points in the hike...this is very helpful. You also get ratings of each trail for scenery, trail condition, difficulty, solitude and appropriateness for children. The book covers 40 trails, and has maps of each one. What would make the book perfect, is if it included more photographs. It only has a few photographs and the ones it has are in black and white.

An excellent guide to all the trails around the greater Lake Tahoe region. Very accurate descriptions and looks like an easy guide-book to follow.

A very good book and the best I could find on line, but we found others in TAHOE BY wILDERNESS pRESS THAT WERE AS GOOD

Jordan Summers, author of the very popular 60 Hikes within 60 Miles, Sacramento has set for himself an almost impossible task, picking the top trails in the Lake Tahoe region. One might argue that nearly every trail in the Tahoe area is a top trail. But this book is aimed for serious hikers. It does include a few short hikes, Spooner Lake and Tahoe Meadows, for example, but the focus is on longer, more strenuous treks on which you might also need a car shuttle. The 23.8 mile hike from Big Meadow to Dagget Pass (which includes 2 high passes) is a prime example, but even many of the shorter hikes listed here are fairly strenuous. Given the elevation involved, you will want to be in pretty good shape to try these "Top Trails."That said, this is an excellent collection. Summers uses a star system (one to five stars) rate hikes by scenery and difficulty. He also gives accurate mileage and good directions to the trailhead. Route descriptions, even for the shorter hikes, are extremely detailed, so you are unlikely to get lost, and good sketch maps will help keep you on track. Summers also has a nice sense of humor, and it shows in his writing. (The caption to the photo of his hiking poles on the glacial erratic is classic.) Finally, Summers rightly gives credit to the many volunteers who keep Tahoe trails in such excellent condition.So buy this book if you are in good condition and want to really explore all the Tahoe region has to offer. If you are more of a casual hiker, consider as an alternative Tracy Salcedo-Chourre's Best Easy Day Hikes Tahoe. And if you really love the Tahoe region, get both books. There is surprisingly little overlap between these titles.

Looks like there is good info. Can't wait to try it later this year