At the time I did this ride, this fee was $10 for a vehicle carrying up to four mountain bikes. There is a fee for parking at the Spooner Lake parking lot. One bit of trivia that you might find interesting is that the part-owner of Flume Trail Bikes is Max Jones, who is the person who spearheaded the use of Flume Trail as a recreational trail. If you simply ask for "a shuttle" or "the Flume Trail shuttle", they're more likely to assume you're referring to the shuttle to or from the Tunnel Creek Station, which won't work for you for this ride. You'll have to ask for the "Tahoe Meadows Rim Trail shuttle", however. This shuttle is operated by Flume Trail Bikes as well. The suggested parking spot link on the left points to the Spooner Lake parking lot, which is where you'll need to board the shuttle that will take you to the beginning of the ride. From that point of view, I would wholeheartedly recommend this particular route to all intermediate and advanced riders as the preferred way of riding Flume Trail. Make sure you check with them before you rely on any of this information, though.ĭespite being significantly longer than that typical Flume Trail ride, the route shown on this page involves only a couple of hundred feet more total elevation gain than that ride, but its climbs are much easier and it throws in an excellent segment on Tahoe Rim Trail into the mix. As of this writing, this shuttle, operated by the Flume Trail Bikes shop, runs from July to November regularly between 2:00 to 5:00 on the hour, and can be reserved for other times by prior arrangement. An alternative could be to park at Spooner Lake and start the ride there, only to pick the shuttle at the end of your ride to return to your car. The safer bet would be to park at the Tunnel Creek Shuttle Station near the bottom of Tunnel Creek Road, and to take the shuttle from there to start the ride from Spooner Lake. The connection between the end of the ride and the beginning would be by a shuttle.
The most common (and shortest) route for riding Flume Trail would start as the reverse of this ride by setting out from the Spooner Lake parking lot, climbing the fire road up North Canyon to Marlette Lake, skirting along the western shore of that lake to Marlette Dam where you can pick up Flume Trail, following the trail to its northern end and taking Tunnel Creek Road down to Route 28. If you're reading this page only with an interest in riding Flume Trail itself, you should know that this route is not the most typical way of riding that trail. This one is a one-way shuttle ride that incorporates Flume Trail as part of a longer ride that's mostly a descent. This is mostly due to its dramatic setting (much of it is carved into a very steep hillside) and the spectacular views of Lake Tahoe that it affords, but it's easy to see that a big part of this popularity is due to the low difficulty level of the trail, allowing many more people than just avid mountain bikers to enjoy it. It's probably safe to say that Flume Trail is the best known biking trail in the Lake Tahoe area.
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