Biking - Bear Valley Wiki

Road biking is big here in the Sierra's. Beautiful views, clean (if not thin) air, and little traffic await your pedals.

Here is someone's ride from

Bear Valley to Markleeville.

The ultimate biking challenge, of course, is the

Death Ride, aptly named. Held in the summer (next one is July 12, 2008), the route

Death Ride Map

is centered in Markleeville (seat of Alpine County), and doesn't quite make it down to Bear Valley. But Bear Valley is an ideal staging ground for before and after the race.

My favorite mountain bike ride in the Bear Valley area is the Bear Trap Basin loop. Park at the Corral Hollow road at the far west end of Bear Valley near the Calaveras County line. This ride is best in July when most of the snow has melted. Here are some pictures from the ride.

Bear Trap Basin Pictures.

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