Backpacking Grouse Ridge to Glacier Lake in Tahoe National Forest

Milk Lake sits below a ledge with the Sierra Buttes in the distant background.
Milk Lake sits below Grouse Ridge where the hike to Crystal Lake begins. The Sierra Buttes can be seen in the far distance.

Backpacking to Glacier Lake from Grouse Ridge in the Tahoe National Forest can be both challenging and rewarding. Backpacking it is hard.

The campground area at Crystal Lake is primitive but spacious. We arrived earlier than most of the backpackers the day we arrived and were lucky enough to be able to camp away from the main camping area and be down closer to Crystal Lake. We were able to do this because we spent the night before at the Grouse Ridge Campground and then headed over to the backpacking parking area and started early before the backpackers arrived.

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