Bullards Bar Trail
New Bullards Bar Reservoir, Tahoe NF · near Camptonville · Gold Country & Central Valley
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- intermediate
- Trail miles
- ~10 mi one-way; ~15 mi loop with Rebel Ridge
- Elevation
- Lakeside ~1,900–2,600 ft; rolling with exposed edges
- Best season
- Spring and fall (hot in summer; often a winter/shoulder option)
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Mountain Biking detail
- Ride types
- xc · all-mountain
- Signature trails
- Bullards Bar Trail · Rebel Ridge Trail · 8-Ball Trail
- Ebike
- Yes
- Ebike note
- E-bikes permitted per current USFS multi-use designation — verify before riding.
- Intl tip
- A quiet, flowy lakeside singletrack — best in spring, fall, and winter when the high country's snowed in and the foothills are green. Watch the exposed edges above the lake. No services; come self-sufficient.
The guide
The Bullards Bar Trail is the foothills' hidden lakeside flow ride — ten miles of mostly gentle, winding singletrack tracing th…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Bullards Bar Trail — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.3987, -121.1321