Review Date
November 13, 2007

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Reviewed by: djsnappy ,  Downhiller

Summary:
Great trail for all riders. It has it all go up the horse trails and you have massive climbs follwed by nice technical downhill. or follow the lake and have an easy ride.. Beautifull ride. but its only around * miles if you follow the lake not 15. If you need some people to ride with me and me college club go all the time.. Sierracollegecycling/myspace.com you dont have to be a college member to go with us..

Recommended Route:
ALL of them they all have there own great parts and if you find the right trials there are jumps and the last half of the lake has Good 4-5 foot drops...

Other recommended trails in the same area:
flemming meadows, salmon falls, folsom lake trails.

Review Date
September 13, 2007

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by: raphstason ,  Weekend Warrior

Summary:
it was fun. no intense cllimes or downs but rolls some areas were quite technical. plus you can swim in the summer. on weekends there are to many hikers

Recommended Route:
go around the lake

Review Date
April 9, 2007

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Reviewed by: Fred ,  Downhiller

Summary:
Im a local so heres the run down. I live less then a mile from the lake. Good technical ride around lake. Stick close to shoreline to pick up hidden parts of trail to ride around the entire lake. Across the road from the second dam is Fleming meadows. (Flaming meadows) hehehe. starts as a flat fire road, you'll pass #8 trail climb up next singletrack up and follow all the number 8 signs. dont go down 8a or 8b dead end at creek steep climbs back up, unless you like to kick it at the bottom and swim in the rivers. Thats called camp creek by the way. you'll loop around to the upper parking lot the go west to pick up the last part of 8 trail . after another short climb you have a fast downhill with good turns back to the fireroad you started on . that was the first 8 sign you past up in the begiining. Fleming meadows is 9 mile loop the lake is a 9 mile loop. you can put them together for 18. There is fishing and waterskiing on the lake and also camping 138 camp grounds. Morman trail road goes up 28 miles to hwy 88 toward kirkwood ski resort that has a mountain bike park in the summer. Or you can target shoot, dirt bike or 4 wheel, camp in the El Dorado national forest 2200 sq miles. Theres are thousands of trails and fireroads to invent your own ride on. The general store next to the lake has a nice bar, store food and gas. Say hi to Jeff and Denise (the owners) ex norba xc racer parents. Up at hwy 50 is Pollock Pines, Safeway longs taco bell Kragens you name it.

Review Date
July 24, 2006

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 2 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Every few months

Reviewed by: Hagen ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
Good trail to ride when you live in Sacramento and it is 110 freaking degrees!! I got away and drove to Sly Park (about an hour away from Sac) to find that is was not as hot as in Sac maybe because its at around 3500 ft. and the trail is almost totally shaded the whole way around the lake. Its not too aerobically or technically difficult although I have heard of some "killer downhills" that I did not find. Good roller coaster ride around the lake and you always have the opportunity to jump in.

Recommended Route:
Hwy 50 past Placerville and into Pollock Pines. Take the Sly Park Rd. exit and go right. Bypass the main fee entrance into the Sly Park Rec area and take the second entrance. You will see the trail head signs. I like to go past the damn and park on the side of the road and ride counter clockwise.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Pioneer, Sweetwater, Foresthill, Clementine Loop

Review Date
May 21, 2005

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a month

Reviewed by: bullit01 ,  Weekend Warrior

Summary:
Trail is a good training ride for prepairing to ride higher in the hills. If you start off the second dam and follow the trail till you reach the wooden bridge. Take the trail before you cross the bridge to the right and follow it till you reach the end. Look up to your right on the side of the hill, there is a blm water tunnel that goes 1/2 mile through the mountain. It is completely rideable. There is no exit at the other end since they put up the wood blockers but just cool to ride through.

Recommended Route:
Start off of the second dam.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Ice house, Loon Lake , Spider Lake , Wrights Lake