SNOWSHOE TO LOST TRAIL LODGE

OUR FIRST SNOWSHOE EVENT OF 2023 ( YES IT HAS BEEN A VERY SNOWY JANUARY)  WILL TAKE US TO THE LOST TRAIL LODGE. THE LODGE IS WELL KNOWN TO BACK COUNTRY AFICIONADOS AND IF WE ARE VERY LUCKY, WE  MAY BE INVITED INDOORS.  WE WILL START AT THE WINTER PARKING LOT AT COLDSTREAM AND SNOWSHOE PAST MERRILL POND AND UP TO THE LODGE

DISTANCE: 7 R/T  I WILL BE CHECKING THIS ROUTE OUT SATURDAY AND WILL POST ANY UPDATES WITH EXACT MILEAGE AND ELEVATION GAIN   SO PLEASE CHECK BY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS SNOWSHOE IS MODERATE BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE

ELEVATION GAIN :  400 feet out and back

CARPOOL: SHOULD YOU CARE TO CARPOOL MEET AT THE KOHL’S IN WEST RENO AT 9:00 AM FOR A 9:15 AM DEPARTURE . OR MEET AT THE COLDSTREAM WINTER PARKING LOT ( DIRECTIONS BELOW) AT 9:45 FOR A 10:00 AM DEPARTURE

UPDATE: THE BRIDGE OVER THE STREAM  TO THE LODGE IS WASHED OUT SO WE WILL STOP AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS UNLESS THE GROUP WISHES TO GO FURTHER. THE DISTANCE TURNED OUT TO BE FURTHER THAN WE WERE TOLD. THERE IS A WONDERFUL OFFSHOOT TO THE LEFT OF COLDSTREAM THAT WE WILL TAKE WHICH GIVES WONDERFUL VIEWS OF THE SCHALLENBERGER RIDGE AND PALISADES TAHOE ( FNA SQUAW)

DIRECTIONS TO THE COLDSTREAM WINTER PARKING LOT: 

FOLLOW I-80 TO EXIT 184 IN TRUCKEE. TURN LEFT AND THEN TURN LEFT ON THE NEW ROUNDABOUT ONTO COLDSTREAM ROAD RIGHT BY THE SERVICE STATIONS. STAY ON COLDSTREAM ROAD ( A SLIGHT RIGHT BETWEEN TWO LARGE SNOW BERMS) FOR ABOUT 1/2 MILE TO THE PARKING LOT. DO NOT GO INTO THE CUTESY MAZE OF STREETS FOR THE NEW SUBDIVISION. 

IF YOU GET TO THE ENTRANCE TO DONNER STATE PARK YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR, TURN AROUND AND THEN MAKE A RIGHT ONTO COLDSTREAM ROAD.

WHAT TO BRING: WARM CLOTHING, SNOWSHOES, POLES, WATER, SNACKS, LUNCH , SUNSCREEN, SUN GLASES. CURRENTLY THE WEATHER CALLS FOR FULL SUN WITH LIGHT WINDS