The plan: Find the Monkey Rock, a decent-sized piece of granite whose features resemble that of a monkey head, near Incline Village off the Flume Trail. I remember hearing about Monkey Rock a year or two ago and a friend posted a shot on Instagram recently, which served as a bit of a reminder that I wanted to check it out. A quick search for details and/or directions wasn’t overly helpful, save for the very cool Forever Adventuring blog I…
Note: I intend to cover some hikes and trips that I did before the launch of this blog. Hence the “backtracking” title. The plan: Galena Creek Trail. Church’s Pond, from the Galena Creek Center off Mount Rose Highway. Per Mike White, the full loop is a “difficult” 10-mile jaunt, up Jones Creek canyon to a ridgeline – where the spur trail leads off to Church’s Pond – and down the north side of the ridge through Whites Creek canyon. Hiked…
May 15, 2016 The plan: A stretch of the Tahoe Rim Trail on the east side of the lake, heading south from Spooner Summit to South Camp Peak. Per Mike White, a 10.4-mile out-and-back to the plateau of South Camp Peak, yielding some of the best views of Lake Tahoe. — This marked the first day hike of the spring with Shannon, the one for whom I have forsaken all others. The weather was perfect – sunshine but a little…