If you want to go

Cost: Parking, access free at most Forest Service trailheads; $5 parking at Eagle Falls Day-Use Area; $10 per vehicle entrance fee at D.L. Bliss and Emerald Bay State Park; free day-use at Desolation and Granite Chief wilderness areas, $5 per person ($20 annual pass) for Desolation Wilderness Overnight Permit; $14 per person, oneway, for boat taxi from Echo Lake Marina to head of Echo Lake and PCT Trailhead to Desolation and Aloha Lake.

Trail rules: Hikers, mountain bikes, dogs, horses are permitted on national forest; no mountain bikes past wilderness boundaries; no dogs, mountain bikes permitted on state park trails.

Boat inspections: All boats must pass inspections for invasive mussels and aquatic plants; kayaks free; 7-day pass, boats 17 feet and under, $33. Tahoe Resource Conservation District, (888) 8246267, http://tahoeboatinspections.com.

Maps/guidebooks: Tahoe National Forest, $10, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, $10, Eldorado National Forest, $10, at http://nationalforeststore.com; Lake Tahoe (recreation map), $10.95, at www.tomharrisonmaps.com; 25 Tahoe campgrounds detailed in Moon California Camping, $16.99, 50 hikes in region detailed in Moon California Hiking, $17.35, at www.amazon.com.