For the past six weeks, a trail crew from Tahoe National Forest's Yuba River Ranger District has been hard at work constructing 1.2 miles of a reroute of the Pioneer Trail near White Cloud that is expected to be open by July. (Photo credit: Orion Kroeger)
“Once these are complete this will mean contiguous travel will be possible on the Pioneer Trail from the Harmony Ridge Market to the Lowell Hill area for the first time since Highway 20 construction impacted sections of the trail,” said John Kenney, West Zone Trails Manager for the Tahoe National Forest.
Caltrans roadwork on Highway 20 known as the “Omega Curves” cut off the Pioneer Trail in multiple locations, requiring a new alignment in impacted areas in order to restore continuity and public access. The Pioneer Trail is an important segment of the future Pines to Mines Trail, providing cyclists, pedestrians and equestrians a multi-use trail, connecting the towns of Truckee and Nevada City. This reroute east of White Cloud Campground is the first of two phases of Pioneer Trail reroutes the trail crew will construct. The second phase includes about 2.3 miles of reroutes that still need to be constructed in the Lowell Hill Area.
“It opens quite a bit more. It still won’t be open for the full length of the Pioneer Trail but it does extend the amount of trail that people can access for the time being,” Kenney said. He is hopeful the trail crew can begin construction on the Lowell Hill reroutes, east of Burlington OHV area off of Highway 20 this Fall and early next year.
“We’re excited. We’re chipping away at it and were stoked to get it open,” said Kenney.
“Once these are complete this will mean contiguous travel will be possible on the Pioneer Trail from the Harmony Ridge Market to the Lowell Hill area for the first time since Highway 20 construction impacted sections of the trail,” said John Kenney, West Zone Trails Manager for the Tahoe National Forest.
Caltrans roadwork on Highway 20 known as the “Omega Curves” cut off the Pioneer Trail in multiple locations, requiring a new alignment in impacted areas in order to restore continuity and public access. The Pioneer Trail is an important segment of the future Pines to Mines Trail, providing cyclists, pedestrians and equestrians a multi-use trail, connecting the towns of Truckee and Nevada City. This reroute east of White Cloud Campground is the first of two phases of Pioneer Trail reroutes the trail crew will construct. The second phase includes about 2.3 miles of reroutes that still need to be constructed in the Lowell Hill Area.
“It opens quite a bit more. It still won’t be open for the full length of the Pioneer Trail but it does extend the amount of trail that people can access for the time being,” Kenney said. He is hopeful the trail crew can begin construction on the Lowell Hill reroutes, east of Burlington OHV area off of Highway 20 this Fall and early next year.
“We’re excited. We’re chipping away at it and were stoked to get it open,” said Kenney.
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