The video below is great also - it seems like they showed lots more of Lake Tahoe which just looked incredible. On this one, I could do a lot of it, but I think my fear of heights would keep me from being able to do the single lane parts right on the edge. Watching the video's of a trail before you go will give you an idea of what you are up against, and get a feel for the difficulty level of a trail. This was another great video that I found. Bike rentals and a shuttle service are available with Flume Trail Mountain Bikes. Sacramento Bee 73K subscribers Max Jones, two-time national mountain bike champion and owner of Flume Trail Bikes in Incline Village, Nev. San Francisco Chronicle - J5 Hot Spots for Bicyclists (Flume Trail is listed as #3) specatular panoramic views of Lake Tahoe and the surrounding Sierras.Here is a great video of a group of riders training for the 2011 event:īelow, I'll list some of the links with articles that have included the Flume Trail: The 2018 event is being held on August 19, 2018. Lake Tahoe, followed by an extreme 22 mile mountain bike ride along theįlume Trail and the Tahoe Rim Trail, finishing with a scenic trail run through Incline Village. The X-Terra Lake Tahoe is an annual event each year with a swim in Bike rentals - are available at Spooner Lake from Flume Trail Mountain Bikes.Best time to ride the trail: June through October, due to potential snow on the trail in the other months.The cost of the shuttle is currently $10. Parking - is available at Spooner Lake, but the best bet at the end, is to ride the Shuttle back to Spooner Lake.At about 1 mile, the course veers off to the left and onto the Marlette Lake Trail, a beautiful single track. The first mile of the run follows North Canyon Road (jeep road) into the backcountry. Way, I would not personally want to be hiking the trail and run into a Description: The course starts at Spooner Lake, Nevada State Park located on the east shore of Lake Tahoe. The single lane trail with a steep drop off in lots of places along the A lung-busting 800 ft climb from Spooner Lake leads to the Tahoe Flume trail, a relatively level single track that runs for about 7 miles 1600 ft.
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