Hike to Maggie's Peak

AShartInTheWind

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The wife and I went to the Tahoe area to hike yesterday.

Parking lots were crowded but the trail was nice and empty, only encountered a few people on the way up.

Unfortunately we didn't make it all the way to the top.

While we are fairly experienced hikers, we're not used to being at 8000+ ft altitude.

It became pretty difficult to breath after a couple hours.

Still got some amazing shots of the lake though.

Emerald Bay

One more shot on the way down.

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DL17

I always have to double check ita not RDR2

5 years ago |

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GenshiV

High altitude creeps up on you, then all of a sudden you realize you're winded & if you haven't felt it before, you start to panic a bit.

Beautiful photos, glad you guys had a good hike! And greetings from up north in Oregon!

Thanks! Yea we're gonna start going up more and more, we only live an hour away and now that we can do the more difficult hikes it'll be--

-worth it. I'm also working on my photography.