Truckee River Bike Trail is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Rampart, CA. It is mostly level, with 213 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,178 – 6,408 ft9.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail 39.18715, -120.19526
Nearest town Rampart, CA
Directions
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Truckee River Bike Trail
8.8 mi · ▲ 213 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Elevation 6,178–6,407 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail · 39.18715, -120.19526
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Truckee River Bike Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Fir Crags Road, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 2.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NE.
- 2.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Fir Crags Road, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 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
76% paved23% dirt1% boardwalk
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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