Tahoe’s most romantic, beautiful, interactive wildlife photography snowshoe experience. Offering pro photos & personal giclée & metal art of you!
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Lake Tahoe Snowshoeing is the perfect way to explore the mountains and valleys in winter. Snowshoes have studs on the base to grip on firm or icy trails, and are designed in such a way that you walk ‘normally’. Tahoe Snowshoeing allows you to get away from the crowds, and into a magical winter wonderland of silent forests, beautiful mountains and stunning views. On Tahoe snowshoe trips we share our local knowledge about the flora and fauna, local traditions, snow science and how to choose the best route for the conditions. You don’t need any previous experience to snowshoe, just warm clothes, reasonable fitness and a sense of adventure!
Join our small group Stargazing Snowshoe Experience and enjoy the pristine Tahoe wilderness (snowshoe photo gallery) featuring avalanche-safe high alpine terrain. Near total darkness enhances our ability to distinguish far away star constellations, observe low orbit Starlink satellites and even see the International Space Station without the need for a telescope!
“If I could give more than 5 stars I would. David took us on our first ever snow shoe hike, we did the full moon hike and it was absolutely amazing!! I’m used to hiking on my own so I was nervous about having a guide, but I couldn’t have found a better one. David is exceptional, he was timely, friendly, has a great sense of humor, was very patient (especially with my 12 year old son and his friend) and he is very knowledgeable. He pointed out different constellations for us, oriented us with our gorgeous surroundings, took some really cool pictures, answered all our random questions and provided a bunch of fun facts and information about the area and everything in it. It really made for an exceptional experience. Of course the views and surroundings were absolutely stunning. The moon lights up the forest at night illuminating the snow and trees all round you. We could see the entire lake surrounded by millions of stars. It was very serene and a wonderful experience. I would highly recommend!! Thank you so much David!”
PROTIP: Special departure tours are available any night of the week to suit your Lake Tahoe schedule. Please be advised that night time can be extremely cold. You must have extremely warm wind and waterproof outerwear, gloves and insulated waterproof winter boots. No street clothes, no street shoes or light hiking boots.
Tahoe Stargazing Snowshoe Tours
During the two weeks between full the monthly full moon the lack of lunar illumination brings near total darkness to the high alpine wilderness above Lake Tahoe. For an increasing percentage of the world’s population, seeing the night sky and the planets and stars clearly has become impossible due to urban night time light pollution.
- Join Tahoe Stargazing Snowshoe Tours for an out of this world visual and auditory aerobic outdoor night time experience
- Enjoy near total darkness in the Lake Tahoe wilderness while identifying star constellations, planets, satellites and even an occasional UFO returning to their base at Area 51 in Nevada overhead.
- Hear coyotes howling in the distance and go, where few have gone before safely, with an experienced Tahoe Snowshoe Tours night-stalker stargazing snowshoe guide.
Tahoe Stargazing Snowshoe Tours
- We never operate in avalanche terrain.
- If you snowshoe just once in your life, you couldn’t pick a better experience or lake view!
- Perfect for first timers and athletic children age 15 and up
- 1-2 miles at a slow pace: 4000-4500 steps. The pace matches our slowest participant which is usually our guide
- 2.5 hour guided tour includes spectacular mountain top moonlit views above and across Lake Tahoe
- Pristine wilderness high alpine environment (8500-9500 ft; above Lake Tahoe, lake elevation 6224)
- Tremendous night photo opportunities for technical photographers
- Includes snowshoes and experienced naturalist guide
High alpine lake view Sunset/Evening Snowshoe Tahoe Tours >>from<< REQUEST PRICE per person, (reserve early!)
Full Moon Snowshoe Dates:
Amazing illumination in the forest, occasionally challenging to see stars, constellations, satellites and space junk
- 6 & 7DEC22
- 6 & 7JAN23
- 4 & 5FEB23
- 6 & 7MAR23
- 4 & 5APR23
New Moon Snowshoe Dates:
Complete darkness in the forest, best time for seeing stars, constellations, satellites and space junk
- 23-29DEC22
- 2-9 JAN23
- 1-16FEB23
- 2-11MAR23
- 30APR23
Learn More about Lake Tahoe’s Best Snowshoeing Experiences:
- How to Choose the Best Lake Tahoe Snowshoe Tour
- What are the Current Snow Depth and Snow Conditions?
- The Best Value in Personal Wildlife Photography: Our Pro Photos & personal Giclée & Metal Art of You!
This was our family’s first snowshoe experience and it was amazing. Our guide, David, was knowledgeable about all of Tahoe, accommodating and understanding of our different levels of fitness, kind and truly enjoyable to lead us on this adventure. As a family who are nature and animal lovers, David’s tour allowing us the ability to feed wild birds right from our hands was magical. The views were indescribable and this is an experience that our family won’t forget, especially since David took absolutely stunning photos during our entire adventure. I highly recommend this adventure and I can’t wait to go back and do it again.
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