Hole In The Ground

Review: Rode the full loop this week, it offers a little of everything, steep climbs, technical sections, flowing smooth trails and an incredible work out.

Review: Planned to ride on 9/20/2015. Was extremely smokey from the King fire in Pollock Pines. Decided not to ride. Hopefully the air will be better in a week or two!

Review: Great ride! It was worth getting up early and seeing the sunrise from the top. Great flowy section and fun rock gardens. "The stairs" is another story, very technical. Easy to walk though.

Review: great trail, but not recommended during the off-season. snow makes it very difficult, requiring lots of pushing. also, the trail can disappear under snowbanks and is difficult to follow. also upper sections of the trail are not marked - again adding to the difficulty in navigating. the rideable sections were fantastic however, and not too technical, even for a hardtail. (rode on 6/1)

Review: Steep rocky climbs, great scenery, lung buster. My friend and I did this trail last weekend. We shuttled from the Boreal exit to the Soda Springs exit off of I-80. Expect climbs, technical rock gardens, and one of the best stair sections near the end of the trail. The last mile of the trail made hole in the ground AWESOME. Overall, hole in the ground would be great if you decide not to party hard all weekend and ride Sunday.

Review: This trail was a great ride. Views were incredible. However we spent an hour riding paved road, jeep trail and fire road. Out of the 17 mi advertised loop that was 8 or more. Additionally the trail is in horrible condition, lots of fallen trees and loose rock. It is obvoius that at one time there was alot of trail work that made this an awesome ride but there has been a lot of wash out, etc. Lastly it is not as well marked as advertised either, at least 3 times we found ourselves lost, hiking around looking for the trail. Luckly we backtracked and found other riders who had been there before. We parked in Soda Springs, advertised as the end of the trail. If you do this you need to find ride back across I-80 and make a left @ snow observatory rd, there is a jeep trail back there that will take you to boreal, from there you can cross under I-80 again and follow the road. I will run directly into a fire road that you have to follow up to the trail head.

Review: Awesome ride....but not for the out of shape low lander. It kicked my arse today. But I'll do it again sometime soon!

Review: Such a sick ride, my favorite so far in California (where I live). Super fun trail with a bit of everything, but nothing TOO gnarly. Full suspension makes it more fun. A+ ride.

Similar Trail: Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Review: Finally made it out, so glad I did, might do it again next week. Starts with a climb but is over before you know it.Good descent, lots of sweet rock rides and sweet descents. One of the more tech trails in the area I think. Flows real well, someone took care to this trail. This is a definate must for anyone in the area who wants to experience what Tahoe/Truckee has to offer.

Similar Trail: TRT

Review: Great scenery and seemed to have a lot of fun in store, but snow prevented access to getting any further on the trail than 2.5 miles. This is the beginning of July. The 4 rating I gave it is mostly based on hope of things in store