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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 2.5-mile walk to reach this spot and a few lakeside campsites (empty on our visit) from the boat-shuttle trailhead at Echo Lake. From the same trailhead, it’s only a 3.9-mile walk to 9,238-foot Ralston Peak. Your view towers over Echo Lakes with Lake Tahoe in the distance on one side, and Aloha Lake, Lake of the Woods and another dozen smaller wilderness lakes on the other. This is the southern gateway to Desolation Wilderness near South Lake Tahoe. From the small marina at Echo Lakes, [...]
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