Van Sickle Bi-State Park

Stateline / South Lake Tahoe, CA-NV · near South Lake Tahoe / Stateline · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite

Mountain Biking

At a glance

Skill level
advanced
Trail miles
~10.5 mi loop
Elevation
~2,083ft gain with big vistas over the lake basin
Best season
June-October

Worth knowing

Good for a first timer
No

Mountain Biking detail

Ride types
all-mountain · xc
Signature trails
Van Sickle Connector · Technical rock climbs · TRT junction
Ebike
No
Ebike note
Managed as a bi-state park with CA/NV state-park rules that differ from USFS - assume e-bikes are restricted unless posted otherwise.
Intl tip
You can ride straight from the casinos - no car needed. Confirm the current e-bike policy at the trailhead kiosk before assuming it's allowed.

The guide

A unique bi-state park straddling the California-Nevada line whose trail you can literally pedal to from the Stateline hotels. …

In the Guidebook

Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Van Sickle Bi-State Park — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.

Getting there

Coordinates
38.9548, -119.9411

Driving directions

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