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Cresting the top of Tallac's North Bowl, with Lake Tahoe behind.

Taken Jan. 10, 2004 on another day skiing tour.

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Big Blue

Voted 10/10

What a beautiful lake! Dimensions, depth?

Posted Jan 14, 2004 5:37 am


	steeleman	Re: Big Blue
	Hasn't voted	it is beautiful! "Tahoe is a vast marine amphitheater with 193 square miles of surface area that averages, including shallows and bays, a remarkable 980 feet in depth. Its perpendicular drop-offs occur so suddenly that a boat may be in 25 feet of water one moment and in 1,400 feet the next. At normal high water level the lake is 6,229.1 feet above sea level, although shoreline rocks show that it has reached 6231.49 feet. The natural rim level, below which water may not legally be drawn, is 6,223 feet. " From http://www.rubiconbay.net/dims.htm
		Posted Jan 14, 2004 10:50 am


	Velebit	Re: Big Blue
	Voted 10/10	Thanks for the info steeleman, amazing lake, beautiful shot. It isn't deep as Crater Lake but seams much larger to me.
		Posted Jan 14, 2004 12:28 pm


	spence	Re: Big Blue
	Voted 10/10	Lake Tahoe is much larger than Crater Lake. The surface area of Crater Lake is 21sq. miles compared to Tahoe's 193sq. miles. The large peak in the background is some 30+ miles away!
		Posted Jan 14, 2004 12:49 pm