The hike into the Desolation Wilderness from Fallen Leaf Lake begins innocently enough. Leaving a well-marked trailhead, the trail winds through a cobbled stream course shaded by groves of willow and ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Nineteen miles of trail that travel through Desolation Wilderness from Echo Lakes to Lake Aloha are in desperate need of extensive restoration work due to high use, erosion, ...

Travel is on the upswing and Californians are hitting the road, whether it’s the highway, the airport tarmac or the hiking trail. Now readers are sharing their recent adventures, snapping photos as ...

When was the last time you did something for the first time? Take a trip out of your comfort zone and embrace the tranquility that getting lost in nature provides. Allow Desolation Wilderness to ...

Officials posted signs at trail entrances around Desolation Wilderness just west of South Lake Tahoe after hikers had an unusual encounter with a mountain lion. The group was traveling the Velma Lakes ...

"The Desolation Wilderness in California is one of my favorite places," Treinish says. Considering that Treinish has been to six continents, that’s saying a lot. The wilderness area, just southwest of ...

Fast Fact: Desolation Wilderness is one of the most popular wilderness areas in the country and home to Horsetail Falls, a nearly 500-foot waterfall. Lying directly west of Lake Tahoe, Desolation ...

Because of the uncertain path of the King fire, the U.S. Forest Service’s Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit has closed the McKinney Rubicon Trail and is advising against travel into the Desolation and ...