Bones to Blue Truckee & Lake Tahoe Bikepacking 2024

Bones to Blue Truckee & Lake Tahoe Bikepacking is a gravel bike, mountain bike cycling event category bikepacking in United States, state California. The edition Bones to Blue Truckee & Lake Tahoe Bikepacking 2024 took place on Saturday 29 June 2024 with departure in Truckee, County Nevada, California.

Bones to Blue Truckee & Lake Tahoe Bikepacking is offering 1 routes (402 km) for gravel bike, mountain bike

Organizer: The Bones to Blue bikepacking route is ~250 miles with~31K of climbing. Consider touring it over 5-7 days or pushing your limits and racing it. The distances between food resupplies are reasonable and there is plenty of water along the route.

Beginning and ending in Truckee, CA, the Bones to Blue bikepacking route consists of two loops. First, a smaller loop above Truckee (Bones loop) and then a bigger loop around Lake Tahoe (Blue loop). The majority of the route is well-maintained singletrack with some fire roads. It incorporates most of the amazing singletrack trails around Truckee and Lake Tahoe: Emigrant, Animal, Tahoe Donner trails, Donner Lake Rim Trail, Jackass, Sawtooth, Western States, Tahoe Rim Trail, Incline Flume, Flume, Christmas Valley, Angora Ridge, Stanford Rock, and Yogi’s.

There is a 13-mile stretch of road riding along the west shore of Lake Tahoe around Emerald Bay. Though it is pavement, it’s extremely scenic.