14.5 miles
Distance
476 ft
Climb
-2,641 ft
Descent
1 mile
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Clear Creek Trail is a 15 mile popular intermediate route located near Carson City Nevada. This mountain bike only route. This route includes 3 trails. This route climbs 476 ft with a max elevation of 7,277 ft then descends -2,641 ft.
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  • Riding area
  • Primary Activity
    Mountain Bike
  • Difficulty rating
    Blue
  • Route Type
    Point to Point
  • Ridelogs
    104
More Stats for Clear Creek Trail mountain bike route
  • Altitude change
    -2,165 ft
  • Altitude min
    4,971 ft
  • Altitude start
    7,136 ft
  • Altitude end
    4,970 ft
  • Grade
    -2.8%
  • Grade max
    -31.8%
  • Grade min
    19.5%
  • Distance climb
    3 miles
  • Distance down
    10 miles
  • Distance flat
    2 miles
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Clear Creek / Carson City | Lake Tahoe / MTB / 4K
Clear Creek / Carson City | Lake Tahoe / MTB / 4K
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Clear Creek / Carson City | Lake Tahoe / MTB / 4K
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Recent Trail Reports Along Route

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Clear Creek Trail
Nov 21, 2022 @ 1:39pm
Nov 21, 2022
Currently mostly dry until trees (some snow in canyons). Variable snow in first part of trees. Pretty snowy after that. Made it to about 1 - 2 miles below the knob. Snow was rideable when warm and sunny, but might get icy later in the day.
Lower Jacks Connector
Nov 14, 2022 @ 12:03pm
Nov 14, 2022
Upper Clear Creek Trail
Oct 14, 2022 @ 7:19pm
Oct 14, 2022
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