Lake Davis & Portola
Northern Sierra / Portola · near Portola · Shasta Cascade
Gravel & Bikepacking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Summer–early fall
What is here
- Terrain
- forest
- Amenities
- Home of the Lost and Found ride · Lake Davis reservoir & camping · Rolling, ridable forest roads · Friendly high-country terrain
- Best for
- Friendly high-country gravel & first big events
- Features
- Home of the Lost and Found gravel ride · Scenic high mountain reservoir · Rolling, approachable forest roads · Lakeside camping at altitude
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- High altitude · Cool/variable mountain weather · Some remote stretches · Short season (snow)
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Gravel & Bikepacking detail
- Ride types
- day-gravel · race
- Surface
- buff
- Remoteness
- 3
- Riding
- Rolling, ridable forest and shoreline roads around a high mountain reservoir — the home of the Lost and Found gravel ride, friendly and scenic at altitude
- Terrain note
- 5,700+ ft; rolling buffed forest roads; cool alpine air; snow in winter
- Camping
- Yes
- Intl tip
- High mountain reservoir above Portola — home of the beloved, welcoming Lost and Found gravel ride. Rolling, buffed, genuinely ridable forest and shoreline roads: scenic high-country gravel that's more approachable than the region's big-climb epics. Over 5,700 ft: short season, cool variable weather. Superb lakeside camping. A great spot for a first big gravel event or an easygoing altitude spin. Friendly northern-Sierra gem.
- Trip lengths
- day
The guide
Lake Davis, a high mountain reservoir in the pines above the northern-Sierra town of Portola, is the home of Lost and Found — o…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Lake Davis & Portola — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.88, -120.5