Weaver Basin
Weaverville, Trinity County · near Weaverville · Shasta Cascade
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- intermediate
- Trail miles
- ~71 mi across ~46 trails
- Elevation
- Town base ~2,000 ft; highest trailhead ~5,197 ft
- Best season
- Late spring-fall (higher trails hold winter snow)
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Mountain Biking detail
- Nickname
- The Trinity Secret
- Ride types
- xc · all-mountain · flow
- Signature trails
- Sweepstakes · Jackass Ridge · Blue Lead / Black Lead
- Ebike
- No
- Ebike note
- Some trails are e-bike designated; verify per trail (mixed USFS/community-forest jurisdiction).
- Intl tip
- A ~71-mile community-forest network around historic Weaverville - superb, quiet trails in the Trinity Alps, from green loops to black descents. Remote (outfit in Redding, an hour east); best late spring-fall up high. Check the Trinity Trail Alliance for maps.
The guide
Weaver Basin is Northern California's best-kept mountain-bike secret - a sprawling community-forest network of some seventy mil…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Weaver Basin — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 40.76, -122.94