Incline Peak

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1.4 mile 2.2 kilometer point to point
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Intermediate

Elevation

Ascent: 1,141' 348 m
Descent: -55' -17 m
High: 9,472' 2,887 m
Low: 8,340' 2,542 m

Grade

Avg Slope: 16% (9°)
Max Slope: 49% (26°)

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View of Lake Tahoe from Incline Peak's Summit

Incline Peak East Bowl

0.6 mi 1.0 km • -999 ft Descent • -304.45 m Descent

(2) Incline…, NV

Drop this line, and face right to the ridge

DB's Ridge

0.7 mi 1.2 km • -961 ft Descent • -292.85 m Descent

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This is where you drop off the ridge on skiers left

Fallen Log

0.4 mi 0.7 km • -422 ft Descent • -128.6 m Descent

(1) Incline…, NV

Between Lincoln and Judah Trail #3

1.1 mi 1.7 km • -779 ft Descent • -237.46 m Descent

(1) Truckee, CA

Looking NNW at Castle Peak from halfway down the line.

W Andesite Peak via "Hole in the Wall"

0.6 mi 0.9 km • -639 ft Descent • -194.87 m Descent

(1) Truckee, CA

Looking south from just shy of true Basin Peak. Left most peak is Castle Peak due SE.

Basin Peak SW Face

0.9 mi 1.4 km • -1,049 ft Descent • -319.74 m Descent

(1) Truckee, CA

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

— Tim Varner

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.

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Dec 26, 2015

Casey Owen

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4.0 from 3 votes

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in Lake Tahoe

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Brief rest in the skin track up toward Incline Peak

Brief rest in the skin track up toward Incline…

View of Lake Tahoe from Incline Peak's Summit

View of Lake Tahoe from Incline Peak's Summit

Skin track up to Incline Peak looking at Incline Peak approach side

Skin track up to Incline Peak looking at Inclin…

Looking towards Rose Knob i.e. Tahoe Rim Trail from the summit of Incline Peak

Looking towards Rose Knob i.e. Tahoe Rim Trail…

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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