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This is climbing into the mountains. This area burned about 1992. You can easily see the road cuts of this pass from US 395 near Minden and Gardnerville.

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This is nearing Spooner Summit. The elevation here is at least 6000'. These mountains are very dramatic in the winter time.

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This is east of Spooner Summit in October 1996. There are a lot of people and NHP cars through here.

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This is the first view of South Lake Tahoe. This is taken just before the snow season of 1996-1997 started. Note the snow pack left from the previous winter. A few months later, some parts of US 50 in California washed away during the El Niño deluge.

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This is taken inside South Lake Tahoe. Some of the previous winter's snow pack remains in the high Sierra even in October.

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Lake Tahoe is seen here from a side street.

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