Prosser Hill & Sagehen
Truckee north / Prosser, Tahoe NF · near Truckee · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- beginner
- Trail miles
- Large network - ~90 mi across ~59 mapped trails, green to black
- Elevation
- ~5,750-6,450ft - mellow, low-elevation, sun-early
- Best season
- Mid-May-October - loses snow earlier than the high country
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Mountain Biking detail
- Ride types
- xc · flow
- Signature trails
- Emigrant Trail loops · Sagehen Creek · Prosser Hill green flow
- Ebike
- Yes
- Ebike note
- E-biking is explicitly permitted on much of this Tahoe NF (Truckee Ranger District) network.
- Intl tip
- Best as a May-June or acclimatization day before the high-country epics - and download an offline map, because the network is a maze of unsigned junctions.
The guide
The hub's approachable, sun-early cross-country playground. North of Truckee, the Prosser Hill and Sagehen network packs roughl…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Prosser Hill & Sagehen — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.383, -120.205