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​trail news for Placer, Yuba and Nevada counties.
~~Selected Trail News~~
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Day Hiker: Sugarloaf Mountain – a quick escape with stunning views
Donner Party Hikes!
*Day Hiker: Glacier Meadow Loop - PCT off Donner*
History: The Survival of Independence Lake: Part 1*
Mary West: Stewarts Peak hike review*
Day Hiker: Manzanita Trail is worth the longer trek
​for view of Confluence*
*Visit the South Lake Tahoe Glen Alpine Trail - Mary West*
*Southern Illinois University Carbondale students mentored by
Tahoe National Forest Trails Manager, Paul Hart*
*Mary West: the impossible beauty of the Tahoe East Shore Trail*
*5 areas in Placer County renamed to scrub
​racist term ​for Native women*
* Mt. biker found dead Downieville Downhill Trail *
*Kudos to Grass Valley for acquiring the future
Wolf Creek Trail trailhead*
*$50,000 campaign launched for Meeks Ridge Trail for hikers
​and bikers*
*Vote Unanimous 7-0 to rename Negro Bar to Black Miners Bar*
*State Parks considering re-naming Negro Bar*
*$15.8 million Invested in Tahoe National Forest Projects*
*Exploring Big Trees Nature Trail - Mary West*
Everything Auburn: Endurance capital of the world hosts
some ofsport's biggest events*
*Canyons Endurance Runs By UTMB® Adds 100-Mile Distance to Event to Western States Trail Beginning In 2023*
*Any hike is a great hike on the South Yuba Trail above Nevada City*
*Placer County Parks and Open Space welcomes
Steve Gayfield as first Director*
*Mountain bike group to establish 600-mile trail with
the first 10 miles built just east of Truckee*
*Mary West: Exploring Canyon View Preserve*
Due to cheap grazing, 54 million acres of federal land managed by the BLM aren’t meeting the agency’s own land-health standards.*
Desolation Wilderness trails get help from
​Back Country Horsemen, Mother Lode Unit*
*Nevada Co Board of Supes approves funding for non-motorized Pines to Mines trail without addition of motorized e-bikes*
*Hiking theGranite Chief Wilderness,
Five Lakes Trail*
*PEER wins court case to restore ban on e-bikes
on non-motorized trails* 
*The new, larger CCC in the works under Biden administration*
*Mary West: Exploring the Yuba Rim Trail*
*As BLM seeks comments to add E-bikes to non-motorized trails,
​other agencies are balking*
E-bike industry "advisory group" violated federal law in secretly lobbying the National Park Service*
*PEER Lawsuit to Restore E-Bikes Ban in National Parks*
​*5 Groups file lawsuit to Restore the  Ban on E-bikes in National Parks*
​*Jordan Fisher Smith*: A civil action:
*New multi use trail offers equestrians access
from Folsom to Cronan*
Trail Alerts - January 2026 

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