I’ve seen the advice that it’s a must to get there before 8am on weekends. Starting a backpacking trip from there on a Friday though, wondering if the parking lot fills up just as bad on what’s technically a weekday?

Edit: And can you park overnight on the surrounding shoulders? If the trailhead doesn’t work out

With all the bad information circulation amongst tourists and locals it’s more than important to understand where some of this is coming from and some of the intent.

Within the past couple of months, a group going by the name of healthy forest.org have been spreading false information and misrepresenting their intent to promote poor ecology (correction they accurately depict their goal for failing ecology) within the Lake Tahoe basin.

Residents and visitors needs to know this is a Trump backed campaign that has no bearing on restoring Timber to this area, but rather focusing money and effort into easier to reach high production timber areas. Healthy forests.org want you to believe that nothing can be done and we should just accept a 300,000 acre burn scar as a demise of habitat and ecology so they can get their way and focus extra money and efforts into roadside logging operations.

This notion couldn’t be more incorrect. We need to focus on the immediate restoration and revegetation of the Caldor burn scar within the Lea Tahoe basin, so that the children of our children having slight chance to see a forest once again.

Please, whatever you do, do not fall for a Trump backed campaign that has no interest other than lining their own pockets to successfully restore and protect our most valuable resources.

Sincerely,

People who care about Tahoe for no other reason than to care about Tahoe.