High Camp — Attraction in Tahoe City

The view is beautiful and the tram is amazing but we came for the Sunset Happy Hour event they had going on and were severely disappointed. The waitstaff and bar were horribly understaffed and were overwhelmed the entire time. One drink took what seemed like 35 minutes to put out and the food they had was pricey, underwhelming, and there was the minimum possible amount of food they seemed they could put on. The food was charged at full price for a happy hour and our waitresses never seemed consistent. Would not do again unless serious...

Initial plan was to do Granite Chief Trail till PCT and turn back, but I got greedy and climbed up further to Emigrant Face, and then ran down to High Camp. Took the tram down back to the trailhead - it's free going down. The camp is nice and spacious, with clean restrooms, and water spouts - definitely needed those after 3 hours of hiking. The tram ride was about 15 minutes, and pretty cool. Only a 5-minute walk from there back to Granite...

Spectacular views from the top. They have a restaurant, pool, shop at the top (great during Summer). Cable car ride is fun. Day pass ticket prices start from $39 per person, which includes unlimited cable car rides in a single day. During summer due to high temperature and high altitude you may feel dehydrated up at the top so carrying a water bottle would be comfortable. They do have water filling...