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Incline Peak

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  2. CA
  3. …High Sierra
  4. Lake Tahoe
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1.4 Miles 2.2 Kilometers


Ascent

1,141' 348 m

Ascent

-55' -17 m

Descent

16%

Avg Slope (9°)

49%

Max Slope (26°)

9,472' 2,887 m

High

8,340' 2,542 m

Low

Shared By Tim Varner

Conditions

Minor Issues 12 days ago
Pow: Small slide the other day. Stay in the tree lines, epic turns in there. History
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Avalanche risk for Mar 18, 2019: Moderate

Heightened avalanche conditions on specific terrain features. Evaluate snow and terrain carefully; identify features of concern. Natural avalanches unlikely; human-triggered avalanches possible.

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“This is a short skin up to an awesome vista of Lake Tahoe.”

— Tim Varner
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Type: Backcountry or Sidecountry

Description

Start off with a skin slide down a bank to the lake/meadow. There's usually a nice skin track across some rolling flats into the bowl that you can see from the road. At this point, some people choose to skin up the descent line, but I prefer to traverse up to the ridge and ride that up. The skin up to the peak can get close to as steep as the gut, but at least you're not in a terrain trap and can make decisions about the safety of upcoming descents. From the summit, you get amazing views of sunrises over Carson Valley and sunsets over Lake Tahoe.

Contacts

Land Manager: USFS - Humboldt & Toiyabe National Forests Office

Feb 27, 2019: Practice Safety This Winter When Visiting the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

Feb 24, 2019: Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest to Host Open House for Off-Highway Grant Applications Input

Feb 24, 2019: Bridgeport Ranger District Announces the Opening of Dead and Downed Tree Personal Use Firewood Cutting Areas

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Brief rest in the skin track up toward Incline Peak
Brief rest in the skin track up toward Incline…
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View of Lake Tahoe from Incline Peak's Summit
View of Lake Tahoe from Incline Peak's Summit
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Skin track up to Incline Peak looking at Incline Peak approach side
Skin track up to Incline Peak looking at Inclin…
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Looking towards Rose Knob i.e. Tahoe Rim Trail from the summit of Incline Peak
Looking towards Rose Knob i.e. Tahoe Rim Trail…
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Summit of Incline Peak looking south east at 431 mt. Rose highway. A fun line
Summit of Incline Peak looking south east at 43…
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