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Your local guide to Tahoe National Forest and the Sierra Nevada

Your local guide to Tahoe National Forest and the Sierra Nevada Your local guide to Tahoe National Forest and the Sierra Nevada Your local guide to Tahoe National Forest and the Sierra Nevada

 

Contact us today!

crosstechtrek@gmail.com   (530) 401-7066

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Your local guide to Tahoe National Forest and the Sierra Nevada

Your local guide to Tahoe National Forest and the Sierra Nevada Your local guide to Tahoe National Forest and the Sierra Nevada Your local guide to Tahoe National Forest and the Sierra Nevada

 

Contact us today!

crosstechtrek@gmail.com   (530) 401-7066

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About Cross Tech & Trek

Experienced Guides

 Our  guides have obsessively explored this area for decades, and  possess knowledge that can't be found in a book or on the internet.  Each trip also includes notes about the trip, a .PDF packed full of information  about the area, including maps, photos, and notes from your trip. 

Unique Sites

Come discover:

+Native American village sites, hunting blinds, and ancient petroglyphs
+The Emigrant Trail and associated historical sites
+Mining ghost towns, hard rock mines, hydraulic diggings, and cliff-hanging flumes
+Railroad sites, including abandoned tunnels and tracklines, such as the "NoGo" and local timber harvest railroads
+Quartz crystals, fossils, and other rocks and minerals
+Perfect swimming holes, waterfalls, and lakes, large and small
+Viewpoints and lookout towers
+Black Oak forests favored by the big bucks!

+Hidden cliff faces and pillars, perhaps without first ascents on record!

Four-Season Expeditions

Winter or summer, rain or shine, we've got a trip for you. 

There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad gear. 

We are out exploring every week!

Photos From Our Explorations

Services

Half-Day Adventures

Local Explorations running 2-5 hours on average, hike, bike, or drive! Group and family discounts available.

Walking Ancient Pathways

$35/person

This trip is run thru Air BnB, which handles the booking.  We will explore the oak grasslands of Cool, Ca, visiting prehistoric Native American village and camp sites.  Please visit AirBnB for more details:   

Explore for Crystals

$35/person

We have a great variety of minerals in this area, including beautiful quartz crystals. We are constantly discovering crystal dig sites, so you WILL find at least one nice specimen.  

Also possible is pyrite, jasper, tourmaline, petrified wood, citrine, amethyst, fossil ammonites, and more!

Guided SUV Adventures - Beginner & Advanced

$150/car

This trip is our introduction to the fun of exploring OHV trails in your sport utility vehicle.  You do the driving, first in practice at the base of the mountain, then as we climb to the summit!


Other Services

We offer so much more than simply traveling through the back country!

Property Survey

$50/hour

Wondering who lived on your land before you? We can perform a systematic survey of your property in search of cultural resources, including Native American bedrock mortars and historic settlements.  All finds will be documented for your future use in a .PDF.

Gold!

$35/person

Please join us for an entry-level lesson in where and how to find gold at a beautiful spot on the Bear River.  There's still a lot of gold out there, just waiting for you to find it!

Wilderness Weddings

(price varies by location)

Our guide is also legally ordained as a minister in the state of California.  He can recommend a suitable location to celebrate your love, AND perform the ceremony.  


Custom Trips

Sign up for a trip with Cross Tech and Trek, and we will customize a trip for you to a variety of unique places, via your chosen mode of transportation. We understand that one size does not fit all, and will strive to bring you to your perfect place. With 35+ years' experience obsessively exploring Tahoe and El Dorado National Forests, we are truly experts on the area. There's no need to wade through guidebooks or online blogs. Avoid the crowds, contact us today!


Home School Field Trips

With experience instructing children in the formal classroom setting, our guide excels at getting young students interested in the science behind our explorations! We're not just picking up shiny rocks, we're learning what they are and how they came to be there. Home School Field Trips are available for $40 per family.

Weekly Hikes

Thursday

Walking Ancient Pathways

3:00 pm

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5:30 pm

Cool, CA

Event Details

Thursday

Walking Ancient Pathways

A pleasant low-altitude walk through the Gold Country foothills.

3:00 pm

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5:30 pm

Cool, CA

Friday

Walking Ancient Pathways

3:00 pm

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5:30 pm

Cool, CA

Event Details

Friday

Walking Ancient Pathways

 A pleasant low-altitude walk through the Gold Country foothills. 

3:00 pm

-

5:30 pm

Cool, CA

Saturday

Walking Ancient Pathways

9:00 am

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11:30 pm

Cool, CA

Event Details

Saturday

Walking Ancient Pathways

 A pleasant low-altitude walk through the Gold Country foothills. 

9:00 am

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11:30 pm

Cool, CA

Sunday

Ancient Rock Art of the High Sierra

10:00 pm

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12:30 pm

Emigrant Gap, CA

Event Details

Sunday

Ancient Rock Art of the High Sierra

Join us near Donner Summit for a tour of a fantastic petroglyph site created by the Martis people, thousands of years ago.  We will view not...

Event Details

10:00 pm

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12:30 pm

Emigrant Gap, CA

Contact Us

Contact Us

Custom Trips Are Our Specialty!

For small group tours, we can customize an itinerary to emphasize your interests. If you have a special request, send us a message, and we will be sure to get back to you soon.

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