Lake Tahoe, CA - Discount Vacation Packages, Vacations, Hotels, Resorts & Travel Information

Lake Tahoe, CA - Discount Hotels, Resorts, Vacations, Vacation Packages & Travel Guide Named "big water" by the Washoe Tribes that inhabited the region, Lake Tahoe has enough water to cover the state of California up to 14 inches! Its water is also 97 percent pure, and its average depth is 989 feet; its deepest point, a profound 1,645 feet, makes Lake Tahoe the third deepest lake in all of North America. Lake Tahoe is also considered "the lake in the sky" because of its elevation level - 6,229 feet, and it is surrounded by the main Sierra Nevada on the left and one of the Sierra's eastern offshoots, The Carson Range, on the right. The mountains rise more than 4,000 feet from the shores of the lake. At this height, there is a great deal of snow on the slopes of the surrounding mountains, making the Lake Tahoe area a favorite...more