Truckee Trails (Emigrant / Sawtooth / Bike Park)
Truckee · near Truckee · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- intermediate
- Trail miles
- Extensive town-accessible network: Emigrant Trail, Sawtooth, Big Chief, Truckee Bike Park
- Elevation
- 5,800–7,500ft · Classic Sierra granite-and-pine riding from town
- Best season
- June–October (snow the rest) · July–September prime
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Mountain Biking detail
- Ride types
- xc · flow · all-mountain
- Signature trails
- Emigrant Trail · Big Chief / Sawtooth · Truckee Bike Park
- Ebike
- Yes
- Ebike note
- E-bike access varies by trail (Forest Service vs. town land) — check current designations.
- Intl tip
- Truckee's historic downtown (Jibboom Street's old jail, the rail depot) is worth a wander. Donner Lake's public piers are the swimming spot. This is also the best food town in North Tahoe — book dinner ahead in summer.
The guide
Truckee is North Tahoe's trail town — a walkable historic downtown surrounded by an exceptional network you can pedal to from y…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Truckee Trails (Emigrant / Sawtooth / Bike Park) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.328, -120.183