| Incline Creek | |
| Pushpin Map: | Nevada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nevada |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Washoe County |
| Source1 Location: | Carson Range, Sierra Nevada in western Nevada, United States |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 39.29°N -119.9025°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 8904feet[1] |
| Mouth: | Washoe Lake |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 39.2386°N -119.9475°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 6234feet |
Incline Creek is a 5.2miles southward-flowing stream originating in the Carson Range, Sierra Nevada in the northeast Lake Tahoe Basin in Washoe County in western Nevada. Incline Creek flows through the Diamond Peak Ski Area on the way to Incline Village where it empties into Lake Tahoe.
Incline Creek, like Incline Village, is named for the inclined railroad built by H. Sam Marlette and Walter Scott Hobart. This railroad hauled the cut lumber from their lumber mill on Mill Creek, and Lake Tahoe, Tahoe. The Incline Railroad dated back to 1875, and carried the lumber up to a wooden flume that floated the lumber east, down the flume, for transport on the V+T Railroad. The cut lumber was used in Virginia City and Carson City mines, and for home and commercial construction.[2]
Incline Creek is part of the Lake Tahoe/Truckee River watershed. Like Third Creek, it deposits heavy sediment loads into Lake Tahoe.[3]
The Folsom Camp Loop is a relatively easy 6.2miles trail that begins at Diamond Peak Resort and ascends along Incline Creek to historic Folsom Camp before returning on the other side of the creek. The historic camp is named for lumberman Gilman Folsom, who with Sam Marlette, employed 400 Chinese laborers cutting timber for use in Virginia City.[4]