If you frequent this area, you may have been lucky enough to have seen some strange vehicles use this boat ramp called LARC-Vs. It's a fun fact that CO is lucky enough to get to captain one of these bad boys on beautiful Lake Tahoe. Theres lots of history in them but heres a brief overview for those interested:
LARC-V (Lighter, Amphibious Resupply, Cargo, 5 ton), is an aluminium-hulled amphibious cargo vehicle capable of transporting 5 tons. It was developed in the United States during the 1950s, and is used in a variety of auxiliary roles to this day.
In addition to the United States, Larc-Vs have been used by military forces in Australia, Argentina, Portugal, The Philippines and Iceland. Approximately 968 were made. About 500 were destroyed, most by scuttling during the American withdrawal from South Veitnam. About 200 have been retained in US military service, Roughly 100 are privately owned and mostly used for tourism operators including a number of LARC vehicles is in use on Iceland for tourist trips on the Jökulsárlón ice lake and four LARC-V's used in Halifax, Nova Scotia for city and harbour tours.
SOURCE CREDIT TO https://military.wikia.org/wiki/LARC-V
I recomend parking near by at many of the local free parking lots in Kings Beach, as this boat ramp parking is technically a "fee area" although in the winter its not really enforced.
Good luck.
BE STEALTHY MY AMPHIBIOUS FELLOW CACHERS
