Support equal. Effort level equal. Scenery equal (you can see the lake at times but you can't at others and you're in civilization).

Crowds and traffic - opposite ends of the spectrum.

Company at the Siskiyou - priceless.

SK

PS - I've lived in Kahliphonia for 44 years and I have been to Lake Tahoe once - for this ride. Good golly! There are hordes of people drinking and gambling. Why would I want to mix with them? I rode Tour de Tahoe only to see the Lake from something other than an aeroplane.