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Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop

Van Sickle Bi-State Park · South Lake Tahoe · Barn Trail Loop

State Park
Type
Day Hike
Time out
2–4 hrs (est.)
Party
With family
Topographic map of Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop

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Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop

Van Sickle Bi-State Park sits right at the edge of South Lake Tahoe, straddling the California–Nevada line just behind the Heavenly gondola. We hiked the Barn Trail loop here as a family — a climb up through open Jeffrey-pine forest and huge granite boulders that the kids couldn't resist scrambling, past the trail's old signs and the state-line marker, with the blue of the lake opening up below.

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Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop
Van Sickle — Barn Trail Loop

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