A waterfall on the Tahoe Rim Trail, about 2 miles from the Mt. Rose Highway summit.
Nancy got tickets to the Shakespeare on the Lake production of Comedy of Errors. The productions are staged at Sand Harbor, just past Incline Village, so we made a day of it by hiking a short section of the Tahoe Rim Trail that is closed to mountain bikes.
We hiked the section from the Mt. Rose Highway summit to where it joins the Mt. Rose trail, and then continued hiking up to the shoulder of Mt. Rose. The trail is fairly flat until it meets the Mt. Rose trail, but then quickly starts climbing.
Hiking up the Mt. Rose trail, with Mt. Rose (10,776’) in the background.
We were surprised to find a waterfall a couple of miles in. The snow is almost entirely gone, but we crossed a few small streams that were fed by springs.
The trail gets a ton of traffic on weekends, including equestrians. We never hiked more than a few minutes without passing someone.
You get a glimpse of Carson Valley just before returning to the trailhead.
We hiked about seven miles, gaining 1000’. We could have hiked to the summit, but we had to get back to Sand Harbor in time to get a parking spot.
The play was very enjoyable, a campy, Western-themed version of the play with numerous pop references. Nancy said it was the best Shakespeare she’d ever seen.
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