70 Trails in Sierra County, California

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Downieville Downhill Advanced difficulty 16.0 ***** Downieville
2. Tahoe Rim Trail Intermediate difficulty 165.0 **** Tahoe City
3. Northstar Bike Park Advanced difficulty 125.0 ***** Truckee
4. 1st / 2nd / 3rd Divide (Downieville Downhill) Advanced difficulty 17.0 ***** Downieville
5. Emigrant Trail Beginner difficulty 20.0 **** Truckee
6. Mills Peak Intermediate difficulty 15.0 ***** Graeagle
7. Hole In The Ground Advanced difficulty 17.0 ***** Truckee
8. Flume Trail Beginner difficulty 14.0 **** Incline Village
9. Pioneer Trail Intermediate difficulty 25.0 **** Nevada City
10. Hoot Trail (Pioneer Trail) Beginner difficulty 4.0 ***** Nevada City
11. Tahoe Rim Trail: Tahoe City to Brockaway Summit (Tahoe Rim Trail) Advanced difficulty 19.0 ***** Tahoe City
12. Tahoe Rim Trail: Tahoe Meadows to Tunnel Creek Road / Flume Trail (Tahoe Rim Trail) Advanced difficulty 9.0 ***** Reno / Tahoe
13. Old Flume Trail / South Yuba Trail Advanced difficulty 10.0 **** Nevada City
14. Pauley Creek Advanced difficulty 18.0 ***** Downieville
15. Bullards Barr Trail Intermediate difficulty 13.0 ***** Camptonvile
16. Diamond Peak Loop Intermediate difficulty 8.0 ***** Incline Village
17. Donner Lake Rim Trail Advanced difficulty 15.0 ***** Truckee
18. Big Boulder Trail Expert difficulty 5.0 ***** Downieville
19. Keystone Canyon Intermediate difficulty 15.0 **** Reno
20. Peavine Advanced difficulty 20.0 **** Reno
21. Sawtooth Ridge Intermediate difficulty 9.0 *** Truckee
22. Tahoe Rim Trail: Brockway to Watson Lake (Tahoe Rim Trail) Advanced difficulty 15.0 ***** Truckee
23. Whites Cr/thomas Cr Loop Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Reno
24. Mount Hough Advanced difficulty 14.0 **** Quincy
25. Butcher Ranch (Downieville Downhill) Advanced difficulty 4.1 ***** Downieville
26. Steamboat Ditch To Hole In The Wall Beginner difficulty 14.0 **** Reno
27. Yogi Bear Intermediate difficulty 18.0 ***** Truckee
28. Round Mountain Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Nevada City
29. Reno Truckee River Ride Beginner difficulty 15.0 **** Reno
30. North Yuba difficulty 15.0 ***** Downieville
31. Tahoe Rim Trail: Watson Lake to Tahoe City (Tahoe Rim Trail) Advanced difficulty 18.0 ***** Truckee
32. Nature Trail Beginner difficulty 13.0 ***** Nevada City
33. Tahoe Rim Trail: Brockway Summit to Watson Lake (Tahoe Rim Trail) Advanced difficulty 10.0 **** Kings Beach
34. Gracie Intermediate difficulty 9.0 ***** Grass valley
35. Lagomarsino Petroglyphs difficulty 15.0 **** Reno/virginia City
36. Train Tunnels Intermediate difficulty 10.0 *** Truckee
37. Tyrolean Downhill Expert difficulty 5.0 **** Incine Village
38. Hoot (Pioneer Trail) Easiest difficulty 4.0 ***** Nevada City
39. North Bloomfield Intermediate difficulty 17.0 **** Nevada City
40. Steamboat Singletrack Advanced difficulty 6.0 **** Reno
41. Long Lake Advanced difficulty 15.0 ***** Greagle
42. Tahoe Rim Trail: Tunnel Creek Road to Pacific Crest Trail (Tahoe Rim Trail) Advanced difficulty 6.0 ***** Tahoe
43. Galena Creek Trail Intermediate difficulty 10.0 *** Reno
44. Tahoe Donner various Intermediate difficulty 13.0 *** Truckee
45. South Yuba Trail (Old Flume Trail / South Yuba Trail) Advanced difficulty 9.0 **** Nevada City
46. Bedell Flat Beginner difficulty 10.0 ** Reno
47. Burton Creek State Park difficulty 15.0 Tahoe City
48. Tahoe Rim Trail to Western States difficulty 15.0 Tahoe City
49. DRLT and Hole in the Ground (Hole In The Ground) difficulty 31.0 Truckee
50. Forest City Loop difficulty 40.0 Downieville

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