General Daily Schedule: (see details by day below)

7:00 am Setup for Breakfast (2-3 volunteers)
7:30 am Make lunches in Living Room
8:00 am Breakfast
8:30 am Kitchen cleanup (2-3 volunteers/day)
9:00 am Meet in parking lot for hikes
(2 demerits if you're late)
9:15 am Leave for hikes
3-3:30 pm Return
4:00 pm Happy Hour
5:30 pm Set up for dinner (2-3 volunteers)
6:00 pm Dinner
  (was 5 on Sunday but will change to 6 in '08)
6:30 pm Kitchen cleanup
7:00 pm Talk - Get together in Living Room

Sunday: Introduction
4 PM - Happy Hour, Introductions and logistics - Living Room
6 PM - Dinner
7:30 PM - Agenda for the week - Living Room

Mon: Flora Lake (5 mi drive to trail head)
 
  Flora Lake and back to Clair Tappaan L. [5.5 mi. 300ft.]
 4:30 Petroglyphs, Lincoln Highway Route, Railroad tunnel
 7:30 pm Debriefing - Experience sharing
    - Suggestions/Questions for the rest of the trip
 8:30 pm Donner Party Video (tentative)

Tue: Donner Summit: (1.4 mi drive to trail head)
 Short:  Mt Judah Loop, Coldstream Pass, Roller Pass [6 mi. 1,200 ft]
 Long: Donner Pk., Coldstream Pass, Roller Pass, 1 mi toward Mt Lincoln [8 mi. 1,500 ft]
 
Wed: Free day. Boat rides on Lake Tahoe, rent bikes and 
 ride along the Truckee River Trail, drive around the lake. 

Thu: Emerald Bay (42 mi 1:05 drive to trail head)
 Long: Rubicon Trail Bliss State Park and Emerald Bay. [5 mi. 350 ft]
 4:30: Tour and Talk on Lake Tahoe in Incline Village, NV at the
 Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) (terc.ucdavis.edu) 
  Heather Segale, hmsegale@ucdavis.edu (775) 881-7562
  
 Dinner at: 
  Garwoods - (530) 546-3366 (Entre $25-35)
     5000 North Lake Boulevard. Carnelian Bay, CA 

Fri:  Five Lakes, Whiskey Creek Camp (22 mi 36 min drive to trail head)
  Short: Five Lakes Basin 4 mi.
  Long: Long Whiskey Creek Camp 8 mi.

  Sat: 8 AM Breakfast
  
Trailhead directions

Contact Clair Tappaan Lodge (800) 679-6775 ctl@sierraclub.org to reserve a room if you will be arriving early . See dondsnotes.com/ctl/index.html for directions.

See Hikes/Trails for more details and links to topo maps.

last updated 29 Sep 2009