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Campground
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California · Mountain biking · Near Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Reindeer
- 0.3 mi
- round trip
- 42 ft
- climb
- Singletrack
- surface
- Out and back
- route
- Jun–Aug
- best months
Is Reindeer open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists an alert for Tahoe National Forest.
Camping and Campfire Restrictions-Truckee and Sierraville Districts
Agency alert covering Tahoe National Forest · Order 17-25-05 · USFS · Tahoe National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Tahoe National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Reindeer is a short, easy mountain biking route in the Truckee Ranger District of Tahoe National Forest, about 0.34 miles from the Royal Gorge area. The land is managed by a non-governmental organization, and the ride is an out-and-back of about 0.68 miles with a one-way climb of 42 feet, from a low point of 6,961 feet to a high of 7,017 feet. Summer is the most comfortable time to ride. Typical averages from the Sagehen Creek weather station, about 12 miles away, show July highs near 80°F with lows around 37°F, and temperatures at Reindeer run a bit cooler than that station's figures. The Hewlett Rim Trail is about 0.3 miles away, and the Tiny Tim mountain biking spot is about half a mile off. Climbers can head to Power Line Boulder, about 1.1 miles away, and Milton Reservoir offers lake fishing roughly 2.6 miles from the route.
Around this trail
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Museum
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Best time to go · Jun–Aug
Best time to visit Reindeer
Best months: June–August. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
40° / 15°
Feb
41° / 15°
Mar
48° / 19°
Apr
53° / 22°
May
62° / 28°
Jun
72° / 32°
Jul
80° / 37°
Aug
79° / 35°
Sep
73° / 31°
Oct
61° / 24°
Nov
49° / 20°
Dec
39° / 14°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Sagehen Creek, CA, 12.2 mi away at 6,337 ft. The station sits about 700 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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