The Secret Meadow Trail begins immediately behind the Hope Valley Outdoors yurt.
The trail follows a forest road into the dense forest.
Rated for intermediate-level skiers, the trail climbs gradually through gentle rolling terrain.
Views open up to Lake Tahoe's southern mountain peaks.
Snow in the area can be thick, such as here where a street marker is almost completely buried.
The Secret Meadow Trail.
Signs mark the significant trail forks.
Some of the forest trails pass by streams and meadows which flow even with the heavy snow.
Forest lines most of the trail.
Blue diamond blazes mark the Secret Meadow Trail as it leaves the trees and enters the meadow.
In the meadow, the path parallels a stream.
The downhill return to the yurt is a fun descent to end the trail.