Sierra Vista Park is one of those feel-good trail system origin stories that the mountain bike community loves — a 206-acre former golf course in northwest Reno that locals and the City of Reno rescued from abandonment and transformed into a dedicated riding destination. The Biggest Little Trail Stewardship (BLTS), the same volunteer-powered organization that maintains roughly 60 miles of trails on nearby Peavine Mountain, installed the first 4.5 miles of purpose-built singletrack here in fall 2019, funded through a federal recreational trails grant and more than 700 hours of volunteer labor.
The trail network spans the full ability range, from wide hardpacked green loops and a beginner perimeter trail to a blue-rated flow trail with berms and small jumps, a skills zone with drop features, and a pump track adjacent to the main parking area at the old clubhouse on Clubhouse Drive. Riders will also find some larger ramps, tables, and technical drops sprinkled throughout for those looking to push their limits.
What makes Sierra Vista particularly valuable to the Reno MTB scene is what it represents beyond just miles of trail. The park has become a genuine community hub — NICA high school and middle school teams use it for training and racing, the Reno Bike Project and Kiwanis run kids' programs here to introduce underserved youth to the sport, and the City of Reno's Adaptive Program brings adaptive mountain bikers out to ride with the city's fleet of adaptive bikes.
In 2023, the High Fives Foundation partnered with BLTS and the City to open a dedicated adaptive mountain bike trail, with trails designed at 58 inches wide to accommodate bikes of all types.
Phase 2 expansion is in the works, which would add more advanced terrain and further cement Sierra Vista's role as Reno's go-to progression trail system — and a legitimate complement to the bigger riding on Peavine Mountain just next door.
