Truckee River and bike path, near Tahoe City, 2011.jpg
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Truckee River Bike Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Rampart, CA. It is mostly level, with 176 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,198 – 6,408 ft8.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fir Crags Road 39.17906, -120.19443
Nearest town Rampart, CA

Directions

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Truckee River Bike Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 176 ft · 2 hr 41 min

Elevation 6,199–6,407 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Fir Crags Road · 39.17906, -120.19443

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Fir Crags Road, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 150 ftTurn right onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NE.
  7. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
  8. 2.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 150 ftTurn left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading N.
  13. 2.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  14. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right onto Fir Crags Road, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

70% paved29% dirt1% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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