Mills Peak Trail
Graeagle / Lakes Basin, Plumas NF · near Graeagle · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- intermediate
- Trail miles
- ~9 mi signature descent, extendable via Lakes Basin connectors
- Elevation
- ~3,150ft descent from the Mills Peak Lookout (7,300ft) to ~4,400ft
- Best season
- July-October - Mills Peak Rd closed by snow roughly Nov-May
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Mountain Biking detail
- Ride types
- flow · all-mountain · enduro
- Signature trails
- Upper Mills Peak · Lower Mills Peak · Lakes Basin extension
- Ebike
- Yes
- Ebike note
- Connecting Forest roads and moto-legal segments generally allow Class 1 e-bikes; verify the singletrack segment locally.
- Intl tip
- Ride Mills Peak as an intermediate warm-up before the Downieville Downhill - the upper shale is the only real crux, so stay loose and let the bike move.
The guide
A more approachable, purpose-flowy alternative to the Downieville classics. Mills Peak drops roughly 3,000 feet from a fire loo…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Mills Peak Trail — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.70469, -120.62291