Truckee River Legacy Trail
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 9.88 mi
- Elevation gain
- 390 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 390 ft
- Max elevation
- 5,845 ft
- TrailRank
- 30
- Min elevation
- 5,624 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 5 hours 36 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2019
- Uploaded
- June 26, 2022
- Recorded
- June 2022
near Truckee, California (United States)
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Itinerary description
An easy walk along the pretty Truckee River with a hill at the end for a little exercise and distant views. Snow covering the mountains added to the beauty. That late snow was wide spread but you can spy on this trail with the Caltrans traffic camera for HW 267 at Truckee Bypass so I knew it was accessible.
The official trail is easy, paved, popular with bicycles and pedestrians and has informative historical signs. It is an out and back ending at Glenshire Drive with parking, plaques and an unusually large bench that you can see from Google Street View. Artifacts include interesting rock wall remnants of the ice harvesting industry.
But wait, there’s more! We used unofficial dirt trails nearer the river when we could find them. They had much less traffic, are more scenic and provide river access.
For the return trip we crossed the river on Glenshire Drive and found more unofficial trails. We used a short section of railroad when it got close to the river and crowded out the trail. Our small dog companion didn’t like railroad road bed rocks and need a lift. There was a short, steep bank decent and a creek crossing with almost enough rocks for the water level. Those hazards are avoidable because there are lots of access points, trails and roads. A pedestrian bridge from a parking lot got us back across the river.
Parking at the park was plentiful, has bathrooms and no fees.
The official trail is easy, paved, popular with bicycles and pedestrians and has informative historical signs. It is an out and back ending at Glenshire Drive with parking, plaques and an unusually large bench that you can see from Google Street View. Artifacts include interesting rock wall remnants of the ice harvesting industry.
But wait, there’s more! We used unofficial dirt trails nearer the river when we could find them. They had much less traffic, are more scenic and provide river access.
For the return trip we crossed the river on Glenshire Drive and found more unofficial trails. We used a short section of railroad when it got close to the river and crowded out the trail. Our small dog companion didn’t like railroad road bed rocks and need a lift. There was a short, steep bank decent and a creek crossing with almost enough rocks for the water level. Those hazards are avoidable because there are lots of access points, trails and roads. A pedestrian bridge from a parking lot got us back across the river.
Parking at the park was plentiful, has bathrooms and no fees.
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