High Sierras Region of Placer County

Information about the High Sierras Region of Placer County, Northern California. Popular activities in this region include winter sports such as downhill and cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, summer water activities such as boating, fishing, waterskiing summer land activities such as hiking, horseback riding, camping, and sightseeing tours and lake cruises. The Placer County high country community of Squaw Valley, now known as Olympic Valley, was tyhe site of the 1960 Winter Olympic Games.

Lake Tahoe Shorline Towns in Placer County
- Carnelian Bay
- King's Beach
- Tahoe Vista
- Tahoe City
- Homewood
- Tahoma

Other Communities in the High Sierras Region
- Baxter
- Dutch Flat
- Emigrant Gap
- Soda Springs
- Blue Canyon Elevation: 4,695 feet
- Yuba Gap Elevation: 5,814 feet

Attractions in the High Sierras Region
- Lake Tahoe

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More Placer Gold Country Region Resources
- High Country of Placer County Video
- High Sierras Visitor's Guide to Placer

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Placer County Travel Guide

High Sierras Region of California

High Sierras Region of California

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