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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Olympic Valley Bike Trail–Olympic Valley-Western States Connector, 4 sights

14.7 mi · ▲ 911 ft · 5 hr 21 min

Olympic Valley Bike Trail–Olympic Valley-Western States Connector, 4 sights is a 14.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Comstock Acres, CA. It climbs 911 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly paved. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,152 – 6,611 ft · steepest grade: 22%15.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail 39.16595, -120.14709
Nearest town Comstock Acres, CA
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Olympic Valley Bike Trail–Olympic Valley-Western States Connector, 4 sights

14.7 mi · ▲ 911 ft · 5 hr 21 min

Elevation 6,152–6,612 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail · 39.16595, -120.14709

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Truckee River Bike Trail, heading SW.
  2. 2.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  3. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto Fir Crags Road, heading NW.
  7. 250 ftTurn left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  11. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Western States Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Olympic Valley-Western States Connector, heading NW.
  13. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading E.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Olympic Valley-Western States Connector, heading E.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading E.
  16. 1.6 miReach Truckee River Bike Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 1.6 miBear right onto Olympic Valley-Western States Connector, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftBear left onto Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Olympic Valley-Western States Connector, heading SE.
  20. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Western States Trail, heading SE.
  21. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading SW.
  22. 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
  23. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  24. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  25. 0.4 miTurn right onto Fir Crags Road, heading S.
  26. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  27. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  28. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  29. 150 ftTurn right onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading SE.
  30. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  31. 2.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/olympic-valley-western-states-connector-truckee-river-bike-trail-out-back-3-sights-19-km

Trail surface

74% paved25% dirt1% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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