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Photo Date:
06/28/2014
The northern trailhead for the Rubicon Trail begins at D.L. Bliss State Park, above Calawee Cove Beach.
Beyond Rubicon Point the trail hugs steep cliffs hundreds of feet above Lake Tahoe.
Photo Date:
06/28/2014
The trail passes below the Old Lighthouse structure in D.L. Bliss State Park.
Photo Date:
06/28/2014
Views south along the Rubicon Trail.
Photo Date:
03/23/2014
Rubicon Trail.
Photo Date:
03/23/2014
Looking south toward the entrance to Emerald Bay and Emerald (right) and Eagle points (left).
Photo Date:
03/23/2014
Needles of the Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi).
Photo Date:
03/09/2014
The Rubicon Trail follows the shoreline of Emerald Bay.
Photo Date:
06/28/2014
The trail traverses across Emerald Point.
Photo Date:
06/29/2014
The beach at Emerald Bay State Park.
Photo Date:
06/28/2014
Emerald Bay's Fannette Island.
Photo Date:
06/30/2014
Vikingsholm at Emerald Bay State Park.
Photo Date:
06/30/2014
Vikingsholm.
Photo Date:
03/23/2014
D.L. Bliss State Park.
Photo Date:
06/28/2014
Lakeside views from the Rubicon Trail.
Photo Date:
06/28/2014
Rubicon Trail.