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Mr. Toad's Wild Ride Mountain Bike Trail
South Lake Tahoe, Nevada
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:   |
3 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 7/7/10 by Suvacrew |
Difficulty:  Advanced |
| Length: 20 miles | Global Rank: #314 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Loop |
| Ridden: 37 | Wishlist: 26 |
| Avg. Speed: 4 mph | Avg. Time: 5hr 0min |
Directions:
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Toads wild ride starts in South Lake Tahoe, California. The best place to start is at the bottom where it ends. From highway 50 going south into Myers take a left on Pioneer(Refer to the Map), which is the only stop light in town. Follow Pioneer for about 3/4 of a mile and take a right on Oneidis. Go through the residential area and look for a turn off on the dirt after you go past the forest service gate. Now you are at the bottom of Toads Ride. Park here and this is where the ride begins.
Description: Mr. Toads Wild Ride is one of Lake Tahoe's Premier technical rides. This ride is one of my favorites! It is one of the finest downhills in the Lake Tahoe region as well. It is a somewhat difficult one with over 3200' vertical feet of climbing involved, but once you get to the top it is all downhill! The descent from Tucker flat is a technical test piece followed by some fantastic single track riding down the Saxon Creek drainage. The trail combines expansive views, meadows, and forests into one special ride. The downhill is mostly all single track too and very technical in sections. Total riding distance on this ride is a little over 20 miles. You will want to take a full camel bag or two bike bottles.
Toads wild ride starts in South Lake Tahoe, California. The best place to start is at the bottom where it ends. From highway 50 going south into Myers take a left on Pioneer(Refer to the Map), which is the only stop light in town. Follow Pioneer for about 3/4 of a mile and take a right on Oneidis. Go through the residential area and look for a turn off on the dirt after you go past the forest service gate. Now you are at the bottom of Toads Ride. Park here and this is where the ride begins.
Description: Mr. Toads Wild Ride is one of Lake Tahoe's Premier technical rides. This ride is one of my favorites! It is one of the finest downhills in the Lake Tahoe region as well. It is a somewhat difficult one with over 3200' vertical feet of climbing involved, but once you get to the top it is all downhill! The descent from Tucker flat is a technical test piece followed by some fantastic single track riding down the Saxon Creek drainage. The trail combines expansive views, meadows, and forests into one special ride. The downhill is mostly all single track too and very technical in sections. Total riding distance on this ride is a little over 20 miles. You will want to take a full camel bag or two bike bottles.
added on April 28, 2005 by 
NEARBY TRAILS
- Pyramid Lake in Twin Bridges (8.2 miles away)
- Lovers Leap in Twin Bridges (8.3 miles away)
- Tahoe Rim Trail: Kingsbury South To Armstrong Pass in South Lake Tahoe (8.4 miles away)
- Dody Ridge in Roanoke (13.3 miles away)
TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by AaronofKent on August 12, 2009
Trail Description: Starting from Luther Pass, the trail climbs steadily up the mountain side through pine and fir forest with some short, technical moves up and over boulders. Most of the trail is rideable for an advanced rider, but we've never seen anyone ride the whole trail, so don't feel bad when you have to walk.
After about 3/4 mile, the trail from Big Meadow parking lot joins the Rim Trail from the left. Stay right and continue to climb for another 1.5 miles. You will reach a prominance with a large boulder perfectly situated to take a break on top of and which offers nice views of Waterhouse Peak and Hope Valley. After this, the trail climbs a bit more through a more open, bouldery area, and begins to top out on the ridge. A short downhill brings you Tucker Flat where a wooden post points to the Saxon Creek drainage to the left (northwest) or towards Armstrong Pass (east).The trail to Armstrong Pass offers some terriffic riding, but to continue on Mr. Toads, turn left and begin 1.5 miles of very technical downhill. Lots of boulders, soft dirt, roots, and big, steep drop-offs make this a challenging ride even for experts. Most of us human riders walk at least a few sections of this trail. When the trail crosses the first stream, you know the worst (best?)of the technical downhill is over. The trail smooths considerably, although it is still possible to eat serious dirt anywhere along this trail! You will cross two more streams then climb a bit back out of the drainage. After just another 1/4 mile of windy, steep, soft dirt, the trail mellows and the smooth, banked single-track that Toads is famous for begins.
Two miles of perfect single-track with just enough windiness to keep you from killing yourself by going too fast. Still, speeds of 20 to 30 MPH are possible! The trail will eventually widen into a dirt road that climbs one last short hill before dumping you out on Fountain Place Rd. Turning left on this paved Forest Service road will take you to Oneidas and, if you made a shuttle, your car. In all, Mr. Toads climbs less than 1200' over 2 miles, yet descends nearly 2500' over 6 miles. For riders in good shape and shuttling a car, the ride takes about 2 hours (plus shuttle time).
Haven't had enough? When you reach the paved road (Fountain Place Rd.), turn right instead of left and head up to the Coral Loop or over to the Powerline Ride!
For riders in very good shape, make Mr. Toads a loop by parking your car at Oneidas, then heading out Pioneer Trail to Highway 50 turning left onto the bike trail. Ride this to South Upper Truckee which is past highway 89 (Luther Pass). This quiet residential road will intersect Highway 89, but head straight across 89 onto another small road. This road ends in the Big Meadow Parking Lot. Pick up the single-track for Toads at the east end of the parking area.
reviewed by ac90002 on November 16, 2008
lots of tight downhill turns on singletrack, great practice. if you want to do a full ride, ride up from the lake south of Incline Village and do the Flume Trail. Total climb around 3200 ft and some incredibly scenic views of Lake Tahoe from the Flume. Don't tip over, it may be your last. This is the route the US Xterra finals went over the past 5 or 6 years.
reviewed by Clintox50 on November 13, 2005
I think this ride is technically in California. the 12 miles of road to get to the rim trial s***ed, but went by quickly. going up the rim trail was tough, from the tracks it looked like most people went down there. lots of rock gardens that were very tough or impossible to climb. going down saxon's was a blast, lots of rocks to jump, and tough rock gardens to challenge yourself on. there's a staircase at the end of saxon's that's pretty fun too. the OHV park portion of toads was fast and flowing. banked turnes cut out by the motorcycles and some good jumps too.
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