"After several days of house hunting in Reno my wife and I drove to Tahoe City to meet up with her family for a week on the lake. Today we were able to break away from family obligations to do a hike. Tallac is one my wife’s favs so it was an easy choice. It was a slow methodical ascent with many many rest breaks as she is out of shape( too much time at a desk). Always an enjoyable scenic climb and luckily the temps were back down to upper 50’s to start rising to near 80 later in the day. We were getting passed all day which was a bit humbling, still a great day." — Nimblefoot • Jul 17, 2024

"Perfect day venturing out into the heart of the Desolation Wilderness. Remaining snow led to some routefinding challenges getting up the final ridge to Dicks Peak. View from Dicks of so many alpine lakes is stunning, another great Tahoe 12. Tagged on a short spur to Maggies Peak at the end. " — scott • Jun 20, 2024

"Me, Bethanni, and Birdie set out aimlessly into Desolation from the Eagle Falls trailhead. Our permit was for Fontanallis Lake but we weren't too worried about that. Our goal was to let Birdie play in the snow patches, seek out boulders for an upcoming climbing trip, and finish the bottle of Wild Turkey that we brought. We did end up camping at Font after checking the lake for some deep-water soloing. The next day we wandered over to Lake Aloha after stomping through the snow-melt soaked woods floor. We must have stared up at Pyramid for too long because we hatched a plan to scramble straight up to it. Aleck told us not to over the phone but we did it anyway. Besides, we were several miles from the car and we knew we could hitch a ride back to Eagle Falls if we made it to highway 50 from the Horsetail falls TH. Well, we made it. And we saw a golden eagle while at the top, and yellow-legged frogs in Pyramid Lake once we got back down!" — haleydavis • Jul 26, 2023

"Weekend trip to Desolation Wilderness. After meeting up with my friends at Lake Aloha and setting up camp, we climbed Ralston Peak. On day 2, we went around the south side of the lake and climbed up the side of Pyramid until we reached the summit trail. We submitted Pyramid Peak and continued along the Crystal Range Traverse, we went over the sketchy class 3/4 area just below Pyramid and continued along the ridge to Peak 9686, Mt Agassiz, and Price. Then we descended down the saddle at sunset to connect up with the PCT and got back to camp at 11pm. The entire loop took about 12 hours." — timothylaurent • Jul 2, 2022

"Weekend trip to Desolation Wilderness. After meeting up with my friends at Lake Aloha and setting up camp, we climbed Ralston Peak. On day 2, we went around the south side of the lake and climbed up the side of Pyramid until we reached the summit trail. We submitted Pyramid Peak and continued along the Crystal Range Traverse, we went over the sketchy class 3/4 area just below Pyramid and continued along the ridge to Peak 9686, Mt Agassiz, and Price. Then we descended down the saddle at sunset to connect up with the PCT and got back to camp at 11pm. The entire loop took about 12 hours." — timothylaurent • Jul 2, 2022