Waterfall Season in Tahoe
Spring is waterfall season in the Sierra Nevadas, and with this year’s record-breaking Spring snowfall amounts in North Lake Tahoe, the waterfalls are a sight to be seen. Here is a guide to finding some of the best waterfalls:
Eagle Falls (North Shore’s most prominent falls) - not far from Emerald Bay on the West Shore.
Lower Eagle Falls can be seen from the roadside on Highway 89’s Emerald Bay/Vikingsholm parking area. To get to the base of the lower falls, a one-mile walk, take the maintained trail from the Emerald Bay parking that lot leads down to the lake. Upper Eagle Falls is a short quarter-mile hike up from the Eagle Falls picnic area.
Lower Glen Alpine Creek Falls, or Fallen Leaf Falls, can be found from Fallen Leaf Lake Road, three miles northwest of the Highway 50 junction on the West Shore. From Fallen Leaf Lake Road, turn left on road 1216 to signs for the falls.
Cascade Falls - access to the trail is at Bayview Campground, opposite Emerald Bay’s Inspiration Point on the West Shore.