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Eliot Headley

Tips and Trails

School of Stone: A Tropical Past (Part 2)

By Eliot Headley on Monday, May 18, 2020
School of Stone A Tropical Past Featured Image Photo by Stephen Leonardi on Unsplash

Here we are in the Lake Tahoe Basin, carving alongside glacial valleys beside volcanoes. The geologic stories from the rim and canyons of the Lake Tahoe Basin are in motion, at times avalanching through canyons to gently settle in sky blue waters.  This is not a brochure to hastily summarize the geologic formation of Lake …

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School Of Stone: How Was Lake Tahoe Formed (Part 1)

By Eliot Headley on Saturday, March 14, 2020
School of Stone How Was Lake Tahoe Formed Part 1 Featured Image PC Tim Peterson

How was Lake Tahoe formed? It is one of the most common questions I have heard while guiding throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin. This question deserves an answer with depth, humility, clarity, and clairvoyance, like the crystalline Tahoe waters that bound to over a thousand feet.  An Intro To ‘Stories of Stone’ Enter the School …

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