Plumas County
Outdoor Recreation

Mountain Biking

Bike Rentals

2012 Bike Events

Routes and Maps

Road Biking

For a free copy of  the Plumas County Mountain Bike Trail Guide, which details some of the area’s best  forest routes and other trails - Click on image to the left.

The guide is also available at visitor information centers throughout the county. Maps of these trails also can be obtained at the Plumas National Forest (530) 283-2050. For the trails listed in the Almanor area, contact Bodfish Bicycles in Chester (530) 258-2338.  For other routes and maps contact the Plumas-Sierra Bike Club.

Mountain biking is not permitted in designated wilderness areas of the forest, or on the Pacific Crest Trail.

The Plumas-Sierra Bicycle Club hosts rides throughout the county on both paved and unpaved roads.  Visitors are welcome! Be sure to check out their Facebook page.

In the Eastern Plumas area, mountain bikers can find plenty of good high terrain in the Lakes Basin Recreation Area, including a trail that leads to a tremendous view from a lookout tower at 7,340 feet. Starting in Portola, mountain bikers have a choice of a rugged mountain or a rolling meadow trail. Lake Davis near Portola has a flat trail with good bird and wildlife viewing opportunities. There are two trails near Frenchman Lake in the Sierra Valley, both of which are rated most difficult.

The Central Plumas area has an easy, short loop offered off the road to Bucks Lake, west of Quincy. There's also a moderate single-track hour ride just outside of Quincy off Chandler Road.  An 11 mile paved ride takes bikers around Antelope Lake. More difficult routes are located outside of Greenville, the Feather River Canyon and La Porte. The 13-mile single track trail along Little Grass Valley Reservoir is a popular route. Near Quincy, the Cascade Trail follows the banks of a creek.

The Almanor Basin area in the north end of the county features a paved route that follows the west shore of Lake Almanor. Another flat loop trail suited for families that follows the upper reaches of Lake Almanor as well as a creek. West of Highway 89, a forest service road leading to Humboldt Summit and Humbug Valley also is a popular ride.
 

 
 2012 Bike Events in Plumas County