Stanford Rock / Twin Peaks Loop
Ward Canyon / West Shore, Tahoe NF · near Tahoe City / Sunnyside · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- expert
- Trail miles
- ~13.6 mi loop
- Elevation
- ~2,426ft gain / ~2,400ft descent; ridge ~8,700ft
- Best season
- July-October
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Mountain Biking detail
- Ride types
- all-mountain · xc · enduro
- Signature trails
- Stanford Rock climb · Twin Peaks · Ward Canyon TRT descent
- Ebike
- No
- Ebike note
- Uses Tahoe Rim Trail singletrack where e-bikes are prohibited - treat as human-powered only.
- Intl tip
- Download an offline map (Trailforks or onX) - Twin Peaks is the hard boundary where the trail becomes no-bike PCT, and it is easy to drop onto it by mistake.
The guide
A demanding West Shore loop that links a big climb to Stanford Rock and Twin Peaks with a technical Tahoe Rim Trail descent dow…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Stanford Rock / Twin Peaks Loop — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.135, -120.185