About this item
Northern California is known as the birthplace of mountain biking, and Tahoe is its most famous destination. The 165-mile Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT) circumnavigates the sparkling blue lake along the spine of the Sierra and Carson Ranges that circle it, and serves as the backbone of Tahoe's intricate trail skeleton. Over its course, numerous other trails and roads intersect the TRT creating endless options for loops of various lengths, point to point rides, and all-day epics.Mountain Bike Tahoe features 50 routes, each with a topographical map, directions to trailheads, trip distance, suggested season, difficulty ratings, a fitness intensity rating, suggested routes, options, and trail descriptions formatted as mileage logs--easy to reference at a glance while out on a ride.
About the Author
Jeremy Benson is a sponsored backcountry ski athlete and freelance writer who has lived in the great state of California since 2001. Originally from the east coast, Benson transplanted in north Lake Tahoe shortly after graduating from Saint Michaels College in northern Vermont. He splits his time between the complementary sports of backcountry skiing and mountain biking, and his pursuit of both has taken him on adventures throughout the western United States and around the world. In winter you can find him exploring the endless mountains of the Sierra Nevada throughout California on skis, and in the warmer months he trades the skin track for the singletrack and can be found obsessively mountain biking the amazing trails in Tahoe and the surrounding areas. He shares his passion for the outdoors and the sports he loves through his writing and has written for numerous national and local print and Internet media outlets and is the author of Mountaineers Books title, Mountain Bike: Tahoe, as well as the upcoming backcountry skiing guidebook, Backcountry Skiing and Snowboarding, California. He currently resides in Truckee, CA with his wife, Heather.
