Tahoe Rim Trail

Ward Creek Reroute Proposal

Placer County, CA

Prepared by the Tahoe Rim Trail Association

Organization Contact: Chris Binder

Deputy Director

128 Market St. Suite 3E

Stateline, NV 89449

775.298.4494

ChrisB@TahoeRimTrail.org

SUMMARY

PURPOSE OF AND NEED FOR ACTION

INTRODUCTION

PURPOSE AND NEED

2

3

4

WARD CREEK AREA - EXISTING CONDITIONS

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TRT

TAHOE RIM TRAIL WARD CREEK REROUTE PROPOSAL

TRT onActive

FS Road

Deficencies not shown onactive roads or old road prisms.

Tahoe

City

Twin

Peaks

Ward

Peak

TRT onOld Road

Prism

USFSParcel

CTCParcel

PCT

PCT/TRT

Split

Scott

Peak

Page

Meadow

The

"Flintstones"

Lower Truckee

Ridge

Stanford

Rock Trail

Blackwood

Canyon

Dirt Roads

Lower

Truckee River

Wilderness

Roads

Ward Creek

Boulevard

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PROJECT ALTERNATIVES

NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE

TWIN PEAKS AREA

ALTERNATIVE 1A

WARD CREEK REROUTE - THREE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS

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TAHOE RIM TRAIL WARD CREEK REROUTE PROPOSAL

Alt 1A

Tahoe

City

Twin

Peaks

Ward

Peak

Alt 1B

USFSParcel

Alt 2A

PCT

Scott

Peak

The

"Flintstones"

Stanford

Rock Trail

Blackwood

Canyon

Dirt Roads

TWIN PEAKS AREA - ALT 1A & 1B

SCOTT PEAK AREA - ALT 2A & 2B

LOWER TRUCKEE RIDGE AREA - ALT 3A & 3B

Alt 2B

Alt 3A

Alt 3B

CTCParcel

PCT/TRT

Split

Roads

Wilderness

Page

Meadow

Lower Truckee

Ridge

Lower

Truckee River

Ward Creek

Boulevard

8

9

ALTERNATIVE 1B , TRTA PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE

WARD CREEK REROUTE - TWIN PEAKS AREA

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TAHOE RIM TRAIL WARD CREEK REROUTE PROPOSAL

Twin

Peaks

Ward

Peak

PCT

PCT/TRT

Split

Stanford

Rock Trail

Alt 1B

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TRT Alt 1A

Alt 1B

USFSParcel

Alt 2ADirt Roads

Alt 2B

Roads

CTCParcel

Alt 1A

Ward Creek

Boulevard

Wilderness

11

12

SCOTT PEAK AREA

ALTERNATIVE 2A

ALTERNATIVE 2B, TRTA PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE

WARD CREEK REROUTE - SCOTT PEAK AREA

0 0.50.25Miles ¸

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TAHOE RIM TRAIL WARD CREEK REROUTE PROPOSAL

Alt 1A

Alt 1B

USFSParcel

Alt 2A

Scott

Peak

Page

Meadow

DirtRoads

Alt 2B

Alt 3A

Alt 3BCTCParcel

Alt 2A

Alt 2B

Ward Creek

Boulevard

Roads

14

LOWER TRUCKEE RIDGE

ALTERNATIVE 3A , TRTA PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE

15

ALTERNATIVE 3B

WARD CREEK REROUTE - LOWER TRUCKEE RIDGE AREA

0 0.50.25Miles ¸

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TRT

TAHOE RIM TRAIL WARD CREEK REROUTE PROPOSAL

USFSParcel

Alt 2A

Page

Meadow

RoadsAlt 2B

Alt 3A

Alt 3BCTCParcel

Alt 3B

Alt 3A

Lower Truckee

Ridge

Lower

Truckee River

'The

Flintstones'

Ward Creek

Boulevard

Roads

17

COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVES

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19

WARD CREEK REROUTE PROJECT PROPOSAL

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WARD CREEK REROUTE - TRTA PROPOSED ACTION

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ExistingTRT

TAHOE RIM TRAIL WARD CREEK REROUTE PROPOSAL

Tahoe

City

Twin

Peaks

Ward

Peak

Alt 1B - TRT

USFSParcel

PCT

PCT/TRT

Split

Scott

Peak

Page

Meadow

The

"Flintstones"

Lower Truckee

Ridge

Stanford

Rock Trail

Blackwood

Canyon

Dirt Roads

Lower

Truckee River

Alt 2B - TRT

Alt 3A - TRT

CTCParcel

Roads

Wilderness

Ward Creek

Boulevard

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CONCLUSION