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Cascade Lake
Lake Tahoe, California
Off the west shore of Lake Tahoe is beautiful Cascade Lake. A relatively short hike takes you to this vantage where one is able to view both Cascade Lake (foreground) and Lake Tahoe (background). Continuing the hike will take you to Cascade creek and the spectacular 200-foot falls.
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The breathtakingly blue of Lake Tahoe is so clear that in some places objects can be seen to depths of 75 feet. The reason the lake is so blue is that the thin, clear mountain air allows the lake's pure, crystalline water to reflect the blue sky above. The lake can also appear red during sunsets or gray-black during storms. Lake Tahoe is 22 miles in length, 12 miles in width and has a max depth of 1,645 feet!