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Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
Trail Ridden Direction
Trailforks scans users ridelogs to determine the most popular direction each trail is ridden. A good flowing trail network will have most trails flowing in a single direction according to their intension.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
- > 96%
- > 90%
- > 80%
- > 70%
- > 50%
- < 50%
Trail Last Ridden
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine the last time a trail was ridden.
- < 2 days
- < 1 week
- < 2 weeks
- < 1 month
- < 6 months
- > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
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Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months.
Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades.
Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
- most popular
- popular
- less popular
- not popular
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Trail Difficulties
Trail Report Status
- Access Road/Trail
- White
- Green
- Blue
- Black
- Double Black Diamond
Trail Report Status
- Clear / Green
- Minor Issue / Yellow
- Significant Issue / Amber
- Closed
- Land Owner Overlay
- Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
- BLM (public)
- USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
- State land
- Indigenous
- Military
Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
- Map Markers
Trail Head
Photo
Directory Listing
Riding Area
TTF
Parking
Viewpoint
Information
Warning
Directions
Water Fountain/Source
Sight
Restrooms
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Camping
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eBike Charging Point
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Region Details
- 439
- 59
- 428
- 623
- 257
- 56
- 14
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Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 2,017
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 1,886
- Trails E-Bike
- 203
- Trails Hike
- 1,831
- Trails Trail Running
- 1,828
- Trails Horse
- 391
- Trails Dirtbike
- 109
- Trails Observed Trials
- 32
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 70
- Trails Snowmobile
- 7
- Trails Snowshoe
- 4
- Trails Downhill Ski
- 107
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 7
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 17
- Total Distance
- 2,771 miles
- Total Descent
- 640,938 ft
- Total Vertical
- 14,408 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 14,477 ft
- Reports
- 4,423
- Photos
- 3,766
- Ridden Counter
- 92,878
Sub Regions
- Alpine County (36)
- Bear Valley (35)
- Bear Valley (35)
- Calaveras County (46)
- Angels Camp (11)
- Arnold (17)
- Valley Springs (19)
- Parrotts Ferry (1)
- El Dorado County (300)
- El Dorado Hills (35)
- Georgetown (42)
- Rock Creek OHV (42)
- Meyers (6)
- Luther Pass (0)
- Placerville (6)
- Pollock Pines (9)
- Jenkinson Lake (9)
- South Lake Tahoe (166)
- Angora (10)
- Corral (14)
- Crystal Basin Recreation Area (4)
- Heavenly (0)
- Tahoe Mountain (35)
- Sugar Pine (29)
- El Dorado Hills (35)
- Inyo County (45)
- Bishop (44)
- Chipmunk (1)
- Whitney Portal (1)
- Bishop (44)
- Lake Tahoe (1)
- Mono County (72)
- Mammoth (16)
- Mammoth Lakes (56)
- Mammoth (16)
- Nevada County (684)
- Grass Valley (0)
- Grass Valley (0)
- Nevada City (103)
- Empire Mine (35)
- Harmony/Washington Ridge (8)
- Round Mountain (15)
- Penn Valley (4)
- Truckee (539)
- Coldstream Canyon (26)
- Donner Lake Rim Trail (17)
- Donner Summit (49)
- Glenshire (44)
- Northstar (0)
- Northstar California (42)
- Prosser (39)
- Royal Gorge (70)
- Sawtooth (33)
- Tahoe Donner (108)
- Truckee Bike Park (6)
- Waddle Ranch (15)
- Grouse Ridge (18)
- Grass Valley (0)
- Placer County (687)
- Auburn (70)
- Folsom (37)
- Granite Bay (31)
- Salmon Falls (0)
- Kings Beach (69)
- Kings Beach (68)
- Kirkwood (39)
- Olympic Valley (44)
- Squaw Valley (43)
- Squaw Valley Resort (0)
- Roseville (1)
- Strawberry (37)
- Tahoe City (352)
- Alpine Meadows (132)
- Mount Watson (72)
- Paige Meadows (43)
- Tahoe Cross Country (75)
- Ward Canyon (18)
- Weimar (1)
- Carnelian Bay (0)
- Homewood (38)
- Plumas County (25)
- Graeagle (4)
- Quincy (21)
- Mt. Hough (11)
- South Park (9)
- Graeagle (4)
- Sierra County (52)
- Downieville (45)
- Downieville (3)
- Forest City (6)
- Downieville (45)
- Tuolumne County (51)
- Bridgeport (2)
- Groveland (10)
- Pinecrest (13)
- CA-108 (12)
- Sierra Village (0)
- Lyons Lake (0)
- Sonora (16)
- Lyons Reservoir (4)
- Red Hills (6)
- Bridgeport (2)
- Sugar Bowl Resort (0)
Popular Sierra Nevada Mountain Biking Trails
Sierra Nevada Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| TAMBA Rose to Toads South Lake Tahoe | 62 miles | |
| Downieville Downhill Downieville | 15 miles | |
| Tahoe City Tahoe Rim Trail Loop (4 Hours) Tahoe Cross Country | 19 miles | |
| Glass Mountain/ Bike Path Loop Squaw Valley | 14 miles | |
| Mills Peak DH Graeagle | 12 miles | |
| Jackass-Loop-4mi Sawtooth | 4 miles | |
| Auburn basic loop Auburn State Recreation Area | 7 miles | |
| South Lake Shuttle Bishop | 27 miles | |
| Iron Butterfly Corral | 20 miles | |
| Green Lake Loop Bishop | 19 miles |
Photos of Sierra Nevada Mountain Bike
trail: Trail 4-1
33 |
Apr 20, 2019 @ 10:07pm
Apr 20, 2019
trail: Trail 4-1
29 |
Apr 20, 2019 @ 9:54pm
Apr 20, 2019
trail: Miner's Trail
19 |
Apr 20, 2019 @ 9:16pm
Apr 20, 2019
trail: Hoot Trail
38 |
Apr 20, 2019 @ 9:15pm
Apr 20, 2019Videos of Sierra Nevada Mountain Bike
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Jul 21, 2014
trail: North Yuba Trail
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Aug 16, 2019
trail: Livewire
0:56 |
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Aug 15, 2019
trail: Sticks & Stones
2:04 |
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Aug 9, 2019
Current Trail Warnings
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek Trail (East) Alpine Meadows | Aug 14, 2019 @ 3:51pm 3 days | Variable | Dgutz | An overgrown mess. Not suitable for biking. | |
| Upper Horse Canyon Kirkwood Mountain Resort | Aug 5, 2019 @ 1:55pm Aug 5, 2019 | Variable | eldofreeride | Motos have torn this trail apart. Deep... | |
| Grizzly Auburn State Recreation Area | Aug 4, 2019 @ 4:26pm Aug 4, 2019 | Dry | SacAssassin | Trail fenced off |
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRLT: Bike Park Connector Truckee Bike Park | Aug 16, 2019 @ 9:46am 1 days | Very Dry | renotwo | ||
| Granite Slab Bear Valley | Aug 15, 2019 @ 11:11am 2 days | Dry | GWiz CCCMB | ||
| Power Line Trail Bear Valley | Aug 15, 2019 @ 11:07am 2 days | Variable | GWiz CCCMB | ||
| Cape Horn Bear Valley | Aug 15, 2019 @ 11:02am 2 days | Dry | GWiz CCCMB | ||
| The Rings Bear Valley | Aug 15, 2019 @ 11:00am 2 days | Dry | GWiz CCCMB | ||
| Doubletrack Bear Valley | Aug 15, 2019 @ 10:56am 2 days | Dry | GWiz CCCMB | ||
| Sunrise Trail Downieville | Aug 15, 2019 @ 9:41am 2 days | Dry | Rblumkin | ||
| Butcher Ranch Downieville | Aug 15, 2019 @ 9:41am 2 days | Dry | Rblumkin | ||
| Third Divide Downieville | Aug 15, 2019 @ 9:41am 2 days | Variable | Rblumkin | ||
| First Divide Downieville | Aug 15, 2019 @ 9:41am 2 days | Dry | Rblumkin |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Meglington | add | ridelog | Aug 17, 2019 ride log | Aug 17, 2019 @ 1:41pm 5 mins |
| BlvdMTB | add | ridelog | Aug 17, 2019 ride log | Aug 17, 2019 @ 1:40pm 5 mins |
| RBRADDOCK | add | ridelog | Aug 17, 2019 ride log | Aug 17, 2019 @ 1:37pm 8 mins |
 | plxmtb | add | ridelog | Aug 17, 2019 ride log | Aug 17, 2019 @ 1:33pm 12 mins |
| NSketchy | add | ridelog | Aug 17, 2019 ride log | Aug 17, 2019 @ 1:30pm 15 mins |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| report | Ll | Aug 17, 2019 @ 12:44pm 1 hours | ||
 | trail | 95% Fire road, great views but not for me or... | Aug 16, 2019 @ 8:08pm 18 hours | ||
| trail | I like the upper section more, lower section... | Aug 14, 2019 @ 3:35pm 3 days | ||
| trail | Upper chief was amazing, good grade so not... | Aug 14, 2019 @ 3:31pm 3 days | ||
 | trail | Sick descent with Tucker flat together - some... | Aug 13, 2019 @ 3:52pm Aug 13, 2019 |
Local Badges
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Big Ride 30k199 awardedNevada City -
Completionist1 awardedPaige Meadows -
Big Ride 30k182 awardedAuburn -
Completionist0 awardedMount Watson -
10 Blue Trails58 awardedAuburn -
10 Blue Trails66 awardedTahoe City
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkwood Mountain Resort | bike park | Kirkwood | |
| Mammoth Mountain Bike Park | bike park | Mammoth Lakes | |
| Northstar California | bike park | Truckee | |
| 2Six Jump Park | skill park | Truckee | |
| Auburn Bike Park | skill park |
Upcoming Local Events
Local Products
Local Trail Supporters
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- Town of Truckee
Local Products
Local Trail Supporters
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- Town of Mammoth Lakes
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