Sunrise at Lake Tahoe

Had a spare day, so went to Lake Tahoe. Decided to see in the sunrise.

By way of preparation I used www.timeanddate.com to see where the sun would rise in the sky. Then I used Google Earth to plot the azimuth ie where the sun would rise. When I was there it showed

Dec 7, 2008 7:12 AM 4:51 PM 118° 241°

So thats east south east, and if we were at sea level, and we could see the horizon, means the sun would appear at around 7.10am. As it happens the sun came from behind the mountain at 7.25am. And it was rather cold at about 27°F!