Big Boulder Ride For Mountain Biking

The 86th most popular mountain bike trail in California.

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Near Downieville, the Big Boulder Ride is a 22 mile mountain bike loop through endless tall stands of ponderosa & sugar pines with 7,000 feet of vertical. The final descent is an awesome 90 minutes descent!

Overall, Big Boulder Ride is the 86th most popular mountain bike trail of all 132 mountain biking rides in California. Several of the better mountain bike trails are nearby Big Boulder Ride including Downieville Downhill, Bullards Bar Loop Trail, South Yuba Loop, North Yuba Trail, Dixie Mountain Route and Homer Lake RideSummit / Bucks Creek Loop Trail.

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Local Contact(s):  Tahoe National Forest (530) 265-4531; Downieville Tourism (530) 289-3507; California Tourism (916) 444-4429; Downieville Outfitters (530) 289-0155; Gold Country Trail Guide from Yuba Expeditions (530) 265-8779.

Recommended Book:  "Northern California Mountain Biking" from Ann Marie Brown

Best Season:  Jun. - Oct.

Average Difficulty:  Moderate

Base Camp:  Downieville River Inn (800) 696-3308; Lure Resort (530) 289-3465; The Carriage House

Luxury Loding:  Bucks Lake Lodge; Sierra Shangri-La (530) 289-3455; Downieville Loft

Breakfast Restaurant:  Coyoteville Cafe, Downievlle

Reference Source:  click here http://www.fs.usda.gov/tahoe/

GPS:  39.558, -120.827

Date Published:  5/2/2016

Date Updated:  7/26/2016

ID:  11046

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