Downieville Area Overall Assessment
April 13th 2025
VEHICLE ACCESS TO PACKER SADDLE IS BLOCKED BY SNOW
The trails below 5000 feet are mostly clear of snow. With forecasted high temps in the 60s-70s for the week and weekend, trails below 5000 feet should be free of snow by the weekend.
The SBTS Trail Crew has yet to assess the Downieville trail network for down trees and post winter trail damage.
Please remember - If you're leaving noticeable tire tracks more than about 10% of the time, it's too wet to ride that trail.
Gold Lake Highway CLOSED - SNOW
Downieville Area Trails:
Sunrise (top of Downieville Downhill) - SNOW/WET
Gold Valley Rim Trail - SNOW/WET
Butcher Ranch (Downieville Downhill) - SNOW/WET
Pauley Creek - SNOW/WET- Down trees unknown
Big Boulder - SNOW/WET- Down trees unknown
Third Divide -CLEAR
Second Divide - CLEAR
First Divide - CLEAR
North Yuba (Downieville to Goodyear’s Bar) - WET - Down trees unknown
North Yuba (Goodyear’s Bar to Rocky Rest Campground) - WET - Down trees unknown
Downie River - WET- Down trees unknown
Herkimer Mine/Bunker Hill - SNOW/WET - Down trees unknown
Rattlesnake Creek - WET - Down trees unknown
Lavezzola Creek - SNOW/MUD - Down trees unknown
Cal-Ida - WET lower half - SNOW/MUD upper half - Down trees unknown
Fiddle Creek Ridge - CLEAR
Halls Ranch - CLEAR
Chimney Rock - SNOW - Down trees unknown
Empire Creek - SNOW/WET - Down trees unknown
Graeagle & Lakes Basin Trails:
Mills Peak - SNOW/MUD
Tamarack - SNOW
Upper Salmon - SNOW
Sierra Buttes - SNOW
Sardine Lake Overlook - SNOW
Oakland Pond - SNOW
Mt. Elwell - SNOW
Round Lake - SNOW
Bear Lakes Loop - SNOW
Grassy Lake Trail - SNOW
Long Lake - SNOW
Gray Eagle Creek - SNOW
Smith Creek - SNOW
Jamison - SNOW
Chapman Creek - SNOW
Haskell Peak - SNOW
Portola Area Trails:
Beckwourth Peak Trail - SNOW/MUD
This trail is still under construction. It can be ridden as an 16 mile out and black on the southwest side from Portola City park. The section that travels around the northside is an additional 4 miles out and back to the intersection.
Lake Davis Trail - SNOW/MUD