Tahoe Rim Trail - Red House Flume - Flume trail |
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| Overall Rating | |
| Technical Difficulty | |
| Aerobic Difficulty |  |
| Distance (mi) | 29.8 |
| Elevation Range (ft) | 6993 - 8790 |
| Total Ascent (ft) | 3411 |
| Total Descent (ft) | -4923 |
| Total Ascent Distance (mi) | 10.8 |
| Total Descent Distance (mi) | 19.1 |
| Moving Time | 03h 51m 51s |
| Stopped Time | 01h 16m 18s |
| Average Speed (mph) | 5.8 |
| Average Moving Speed (mph) | 7.6 |
| Stops | 33 |
| Start Time | 2008/07/04 11:54:40 |
| Finish Time | 2008/07/04 17:02:49 |
| Time Zone | Pacific Time (US & Canada) |
Description
After riding Stanford Rock and the highly entertaining scramble onto Twin Peaks the day before, the plan was to do a ‘punishing’ ultra-epic today. Alas, as William Shatner says, it hasn’t happened. Feeling a bit lazy, we decided to take the Spooner bike shop shuttle up Mt. Rose / Tahoe Meadows – the 4th of July obviously being an even day.
Tahoe really has plenty of fantastic ride options, one ride I’d never done but had been eyeing for a while is this route of Steve Wolf: the Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT) from Mt. Rose to the Tunnel Creek junction, then the Red House flume trail to Hobart Road / Sunflower Hill, north on the TRT to Marlette Lake overlook, then down the TRT switchbacks back to the Tunnel Creek junction, then the Flume trail down to Marlette, North Canyon road back to Spooner lake.
That first section of the TRT never ceases to impress and entertain and I was looking forward to riding the later switchback section down (usually I go up this). The Red House Flume trail was rather uneventful, but the early season alpine wildflower display was impressive – Sunflower hill was bathing in mule ears indeed…
The Marlette Lake overlook and the Flume trail proper never disappoint either, even though we apparently hadn’t gotten used very well to the altitude yet and started to hurt pretty badly towards the end of the Flume. That short climb from the base of Marlette Lake hurt even more, but soon we found ourselves rolling down North Canyon towards Spooner.
Nearby trips
| Distance to (mi) | Name | Created by | |
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| 1.9 | Lake Tahoe; Tahoe Rim Trail | gobike |
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| 3.2 | Tahoe Rim Trail / Flume Trail | jerzdude |
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| 3.5 | Tahoe Meadows to Marlette Lake | dirk |
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| 3.8 | Tahoe Rim Trail: Mt.Rose to Kingsbury | dirk |
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| 4.0 | Tahoe Rim Trail | mtmatt |
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| 4.7 | Tahoe Rim Trail - Rose to Kingsbury | tahoebc |
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| 5.3 | Tahoe - Bike shop to Marlette Lake | mtmatt |
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| 7.9 | Relay Peak | Alamere |
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| 10.5 | Rose to Toads | brainstump |
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| 10.8 | 20070902 mtb Dirty Harry (part) | llib |
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Pictures
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Snow plant
2008/07/04 13:18:20
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Indian paintbrush
2008/07/04 13:26:22
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Flower display on Red House Flume trail
2008/07/04 13:31:45
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2008/07/04 13:32:08
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Dam crossing near Hobart reservoir
2008/07/04 13:39:11
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Some construction on Hobart road at the base on Sunflower Hill. It was very easy to pass.
2008/07/04 13:46:29
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Sunflower Hill
2008/07/04 13:59:11
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Climb to Marlette Lake overlook
2008/07/04 14:35:00
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Marlette Lake overlook
2008/07/04 14:47:32
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Down the switchbacks
2008/07/04 15:03:48
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On the Flume trail
2008/07/04 15:48:33
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2008/07/04 15:48:57
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Spooner Lake
2008/07/04 16:18:18
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