Sunny Slopes / Owens Gorge Loop
Tom's Place / Upper Owens River Gorge · near Tom's Place · Eastern Sierra
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- intermediate
- Trail miles
- ~10.9 mi loop (~80% forest road, ~1.1 mi gorge-rim single/doubletrack)
- Elevation
- ~6,654-7,197 ft; modest
- Best season
- Best after rain or spring melt (May-June, Oct); dry and hot midsummer
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Mountain Biking detail
- Ride types
- xc
- Signature trails
- The Gorge Rim · Forest-Road Cruise
- Ebike
- Yes
- Ebike note
- Class 1 e-MTB allowed on the forest roads.
- Intl tip
- Base at Tom's Place and do this in the morning, then shuttle the famous Lower Rock Creek descent in the afternoon for a complete day.
The guide
The Sunny Slopes loop is Tom's Place's under-the-radar moderate ride - about eleven miles that string together quiet forest roa…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Sunny Slopes / Owens Gorge Loop — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.567, -118.737