DOWNIEVILLE AREA TRAIL CONDITIONS AND TREAD REPORTS
updated October 13th, 2011

EVERYTHING IS EPIC, BEST CONDITIONS OF THE YEAR


Grassy Lake in Lakes Basin Recreation Area 10/6/11

The following is a list of trails located in the Tahoe and Plumas National Forests, that are maintained by the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship, www.sierratrails.org, in partnership with the Forest Service and other volunteer trail groups. Many of these trails are maintained as part of a trail adoption program administered and organized through the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship. Trail adoption programs ensure that each individual trail receives regular maintenance and upkeep, each season. The Stewardship also hosts monthly Trail Daze volunteer work days, these work days account for more than 30,000 volunteer labor hours on historic, multiple-use, and motorized multiple-use trails. If you enjoy riding high country trails in the Sierra Buttes region, then join us; as a volunteer, as a member, as a steward.
Snow removal on Butcher Ranch Trail July 4th, 2011

Route finding on the new Smith Lake Trail near Mt. Elwell and Gray Eagle Creek Trail. This trail provides a link between Jamison Creek Trail and Smith Creek Trail.

Chimney Rock Trail offers some of the best views of the surrounding Sierra, and is one of the areas premiere singletrack trails. SBTS will be rerouting and reducing grade on Craycroft Ridge Trail, which will make getting to Chimney Rock a bit more tolerable. From where Craycroft intersects with Chimney Rock, you can descend Chimney and access either Rattlesnake Creek or Herkimer Mine for a 4,500' singletrack drop to the Downie River, and on to Downieville.
Sunrise- 1.9 miles
OPEN

Butcher Ranch- 4.0 miles
OPEN

Pauley Creek- 3.5 miles
OPEN

Big Boulder- 3.2 miles
OPEN

Downie River- 3.5 miles
OPEN

Herkimer Mine/Bunker Hill- 2.7 miles
OPEN

Rattlesnake Creek- 3.2 miles
OPEN

Lavezzola Creek- 5.1 miles
OPEN

Fiddle Creek Ridge- 6.0 miles
OPEN

Halls Ranch- 5.0 miles
OPEN check out this map for the Mountain Epic ride

Third Divide- 2.8 miles
OPEN. Click for a map of the Divide Loop and North Yuba

Second Divide- 6.1 miles
OPEN

First Divide- 3.4 miles
OPEN

Chimney Rock- 4.8 miles
ALMOST SNOW FREE

Empire Creek- 2.5 miles
OPEN

North Yuba-15.8 miles
OPEN and now you can ride from Downieville to Indian Valley thanks to the SBTS Trail Crew and countless volunteers. check out this perspective for the big picture on the North Yuba River Trail

Bullards Bar
OPEN with tics and poison oak in full force. click for a map of Bullards Bar Trail

Tamarack- .2 miles
OPEN

Upper Salmon- 2.0 miles
OPEN

Sierra Buttes- 3.3 miles
OPEN

Sardine Lake Overlook- 4.0 miles
OPEN

Deer Lake- 2.9 miles
ALMOST SNOW FREE

Oakland Pond- 2.2 miles
OPEN

Mt. Elwell
OPEN. click for a map of the Lakes Basin Recreation Area

Round Lake
OPEN

Bear Lakes Loop
OPEN

Long Lake
OPEN

Gray Eagle Creek
OPEN

Smith Creek
OPEN

Mills Peak
OPEN TOP TO BOTTOM. Still under construction on upper terminus, but is passable. click here for a map highlighting the trail system around Graeagle

Mohawk Rim Trail
click to check out the Master Plan for the Mohawk Rim Trail, which connects communities to each other and to their surrounding public lands. The trail system will also host an overnight hut-to-hut system