FLUME TRAIL, Lake Tahoe, California
2,000ft above Lake Tahoe with Emerald Bay in the distance.
L-to-R, Brother, Lightning and Rockalot.
Photo by: Greg, the "Original Goomba"
The trailhead is at the east end of the parking lot (see directions below), ride down the small slope towards the lake and connect with the dirt road on the left. This dirt road will take you north, 6 miles uphill (the hardest part of the ride), at the top you will decend to Marlette Lake, at the bottom turn left and ride onto the point where you will find sign describing the Flume. From here you will travel around Marlette Lake clockwise to the dam, decend the back side of the dam (a short but sweet technical section) and after a couple of stream crossings you will be 2,000 feet above Lake Tahoe on the edge of the mountain on... The Flume!
From here I recomend that you carry a reliable map, at times I have
found some of the signs to be missing, there are a few different ways to
go but they will all lead you back to Marlette Lake and that 6 mile uphill
will be a nice downhill but BE CAREFULL! Before I discoverd the advantages
of front suspension I came around a corner doing 25-30 MPH, hit a waterbar,
did a Superman over the bars and landed in the downside of the waterbar.
On that note make sure you are prepared for weather changes as it does
change quick up there and a trip down that hill late in the day and/or
season while wet from a waterbar is a cold one... I KNOW!
To get to the trailhead from Interstate 80: exit I-80, go south on either
Hwy 89 or thru downtown Truckee to Hwy 267, both will put you onto Hwy
28, procede east towards Incline Village and a left into Spooner Lake State Park.
There is a small fee for parking and when in stock will include a trail
map. Camping is available for an aditional fee, facilities include bathrooms and phone.
The picture: lower left is Sand Harbor, upper middle pininsula is Crystal
Bay, NV where the bulk of the north shore cassinos are. Click on the 2nd photo for more trail info on Lake Tahoe.
Photos and story from the Fall 1998 ride, 10 of us started out from Spooner Lake but only 7 made it to the top!
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