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West Lakes is one of the lakes here in the Northern Sierra Nevada. All year is a delightful time in the Northern Sierra Nevada if you like the outdoors. The Warren Lake Trail offers hiking at its best, and of course, this is a great area for people who like lakes, Azalea Lake is a lake in the neighborhood. And that's not all you can do here at West Lakes. Fordyce Creek is a fine whitewater spot near West Lakes. This lake is so wonderful. Take a hike on the
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| | Mount Lola Trail, and if you're a golfer then a fine nearby course is Tahoe Donner Golf Course. If you came to camp Onion Creek Campground is a good spot to do that, and you're probably keen on lakes, Lytton Lake is one of those nearby. This lake is so wonderful. Very lovely scenery and splendid skiing is what you get at Boreal, and if you need a place to stay Holiday Inn Express TRUCKEE is a brilliant choice. West Lakes gets a lot of water; the month with most | |
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of the rain is January, and the driest of the months is July. You just can't picture the amount of outdoors entertaining things the area right next door to West Lakes has to offer. You can run the rapids of Yuba River - South Fork
close to West Lakes, and The Inn at Truckee is a magnificent site to get some rest. West Lakes is right by the Lola Montez Trail; you'll never forgive yourself if you don’t go skiing at Donner Ski Ranch since you're here. Life's
too short to enjoy all the amusing stuff in the Northern Sierra Nevada. A wonderful place right next door to West Lakes is Castle Pass, and at West Lakes you can spot Andesite Peak. At West Lakes through the long summer days highs
are in the 80's, and the night is a tad chillier of course, regularly in the 50's. The winter brings highs down to the 40's with winter lows in the 20's overnight here at West Lakes. Don't leave West Lakes without first checking out
Frog Lake Cliff. There's so much to do here at West Lakes that you need to camp here for a while, Van Norden Campground is a delightful location for that.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 39.34139 Longitude: -120.3419
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| These outdoors activities are available near West Lakes. |
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| | Hiking Trails Near West Lakes:
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Warren Lake Trail, Nevada County, 3 miles away 6.6 hiking miles, 2381 feet elevation difference |
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Lola Montez Trail, Nevada County, 4 miles away 1.5 hiking miles, 458 feet elevation difference |
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Mount Lola Trail, Sierra County, 6 miles away 7.2 hiking miles, 2630 feet elevation difference |
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| | Ski Areas Near West Lakes:
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Boreal, California, 1 miles away 500 vertical feet |
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Sugar Bowl, California, 2 miles away 1500 vertical feet |
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| | Whitewater Near West Lakes:
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Yuba River - South Fork, Nevada/ Placer CountyCounty, 10 miles away Class IV-V - 5.2 miles long (Kingvale to Cisco Grove) |
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Fordyce Creek, Nevada CountyCounty, 15 miles away Class IV-V - 12 miles long (Fordyce Lake to Lake Spaulding) |
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Yuba River - South Fork, Nevada/ Placer CountyCounty, 17 miles away Class IV-V(V+) - 7.5 miles long (Cisco Grove to Spaulding Reservoir) |
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Boreal
 | ...R>All Mountain Terrain Park Great Place for Families Awesome for taking lessons and for beginn... |
Donner Ski Ranch
 | ...iing experience. Located on Historic US Route 40 high atop Donner Summit, you will find an atmospher... |
Sugar Bowl
 | This is a perfect mountain. I love it here. It is a really good place to ski.... |
Warren Lake Trail
 | 1 PHOTO ... from the info you have posted frogs lake and coon canyon. Both of these location are not accessible... |
Soda Springs
 | 4 PHOTOS ...n their very own pint-sized snowmobile and try out the sport of snowmobiling, kid style. Soda offers... |
Onion Creek Campground
 | ... from Ice Lakes Lodge on a bumpy dirt road, getting to some of the other spots they mentioned would ... |
Tahoe Donner
 | ...d, interchangeable lift tickets for parents with non-skiing children, a retail shop featuring high q... |
Donner Lake
 | ...r lake. Fee free if so. Fishing is great. The land is wild and you can still get away from life in a... |
Independence Lake Campground
 | ...ence Lake in July and discovered it is closed for the season 2009-2010. NV Energy is working on a f... |
Nancy Lake
 | ... anyone tell me the origin of the name of this lake, Nancy Lake located near Kingvale, CA.. A lovely... |
Webber Lake
 | ...ittle wooden boat and very quaint cabin....tiny frogs everywhere...wind....a little bridge...will ne... |
Squaw Valley
 | 10 miles away This mountain is huge, plenty of runs and lifts.... |
Lake Sterling
 | 10 miles away ...t from under your tires. I saw a well equipped 4x4 truck attempt the road and have half of the rock... |
Meadow Lake
 | 11 miles away ...Fascinating! I have not been able to locate the cemetery. Does anyone know it's exact location? Afte... |
Loch Leven Trail
 | 11 miles away ...Leven Trail hike the weekend of August 30. It was beautiful! the forest, the lakes, all the towering... |
Alpine Meadows
 | 12 miles away This is such a great place to ski, I loved every minute of it.... |
Salmon Lake
 | 12 miles away ...e!). A stunning view from the high rocks Southwest of the lake itself. I don't have a paicture to ... |
Fordyce Creek
 | 15 miles away ...ok at the bottom of the tailings under a large quartz rock. It is in a Prince Albert tobacco tin. Al... |
Faucherie Lake
 | 16 miles away ...herie. Very windy and rugged country, the fishing is tough but persistence pays. Used to be private ... |
Northstar at Tahoe
 | 17 miles away 3 PHOTOS ..., cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and tubing. Summer activities include mountain biking, golfing, ... |
Homewood
 | 18 miles away Friend of mine went skiing here and he says it was great. I'm planning to give a try this season mys... |
Truckee River
 | 19 miles away ...he paddle would be not 27 miles but more like 60 miles!!! We paddled River Ranch to Truckee on Sunda... |
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