(If you're reading this on tablet or mobile device scroll to bottom and tap "full site" for best results viewing map and photo tour.) Ever catch yourself daydreaming about your own private beach? No ...

Regulations: Permits are required for overnight stays. They are available from the U.S. Forest Service. Campfires are prohibited. Bear canisters are recommended. Getting there: Desolation is located ...

From Lake of the Woods, you can scan across sapphire waters and beyond, up stark, granite slopes to spike-tipped 9,983-foot Pyramid Peak. It's only a 2.7-mile walk to reach this spot and a few ...

89 miles east of Sacramento in the desolation wilderness is this lake aloha? But there's no palm trees, no sandy beach, no grass skirt. So how did this leg? At an elevation of 8000 ft high in the ...

Editor’s note: This story first appeared in 2015 summer edition of Tahoe Magazine, a product of the Sierra Sun, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, Tahoe Daily Tribune and Lake Tahoe Action. The magazine is ...