Flume Trail Mountain Bikes

07/15/2025

Nevada State parks is seeking public input about the Spooner Lake Backcountry. This year is a stark example of how fragmented the trail system is at the park with the closure of the North Canyon road and the south half of the Marlette Flume as well as the Red House flume on the east side of the park. If you’d like to see trails built that would keep the back country completely open no matter what construction/maintenance work need of the dirt roads in the park, now is the chance to let your voice be heard.

Join the public workshop:
📅 Thursday, July 17
🕠 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 Spooner Lake Visitor Center

At the workshop, park staff will share updates about the master plan, answer your questions, and ask for your ideas to help shape the park's future. You'll get to chat with planners, share your vision, and explore interactive materials to voice your thoughts.

Spooner Lake welcomes around 100,000 visitors each year. With 12,000+ acres, 60+ miles of trails, historic sites, and wildlife habitat, the goal is to find the right balance between recreation and preservation.

Can't make it in person? No problem! You can also check out the online StoryMap and take the survey through Sunday, July 27:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SpoonerLakeBackcountry

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/caaea51f73314d00911ac96f790f3233

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08/15/2024

Need a job for the fall? We will be open until November. Come talk to us!

05/25/2024

5/24/24 Flume Trail Snow update. North Canyon from spooner is snow free until just before marlette saddle. Second photo. A couple hundred yards over snow then there is a rideable strip of dirt down to Marlette Lake. Second photo. Then many snow patches around marlette lake. Many rideable on the edge of the road. Maybe another 5-7 minutes total of hiking over snow. The flume only has two patches of snow to walk over near the north side. Tunnel creek road has a few snow patches at the top but then snow free. At the sandy corner toward the bottom stay left and look for the start of the bottom mile of the new trail! We will be offering shuttles to spooner on the hour starting at 11:00 Saturday 5/25!
See you soon! Give the TRT at least three if not four weeks to melt out btw.

05/24/2024

5/23 Flume Trail snow update. Still many drifts across the shady sections of the Flume and some pretty good sized snowfields around Marlette Lake. Another week should lighten the snow load a fair bit. We are open renting bike path bikes!

05/22/2024

Snow update May 22, 2024. Still snow above 7500’ to get to the Flume Trail. Photos: Top of Marlette Saddle before dropping down to Marlette Lake. Tunnel Creek road about half a mile below the Flume Trail. Mountain bike and E bike rentals from our shop in Incline are available starting this Friday for those that want to take the bikes to snow free trails elsewhere in the area. Shuttles to Spooner for the Flume Trail will start June 1 as enough snow should melt. Bike path rental bikes are available 7 days a week beginning Friday May 24th.

11/10/2023

Looks like this is the last weekend for shuttles for the Flume Trail if next weeks storms make it to the mountains. Temps in the mid fifties this weekend and sunny. We are also still renting bikes for the East Shore path.

11/04/2023

Beautiful fall day on the Flume Trail. Precipitation is gone from the weekend forecast. Get out this weekend! Our shuttles are running and bike rentals are still open. Mountain bikes as well as bike path bikes for the east shore trail.
If riding in the high country - be aware that shady areas can be icy, as in water ice. That corner you bomb around in summer might have a few surprises this late in the year. Don’t mess up your ski season!

11/02/2023

All bike and e bike rentals 25% off for the end of the season. Photo is a finished portion of the new Tunnel Creek Singletrack that will bypass Tunnel Creek Road. Thank you Tamba!

10/11/2023

Tunnel Creek Singletrack is under construction! Come and join the fun. Thursdays into November.

10/04/2023

The Tunnel Creek Singletrack trail is under construction!
You can join a TAMBA work crew every thursday in October.
Finally after years of planning work has begun. This will be a much needed finish to the classic Flume Trail Ride.

09/14/2023

Beautiful almost fall riding at Tahoe at the moment. Everything is riding so nice after the recent rains.
Sat down for a podcast on the mind the track podcast. Some flume history for you.

‎Show Mind the Track, Ep 40 Years of Marlette Flume Trail | Max Jones - Sep 1, 2023

06/17/2023

6/16/23 Flume Trail Snow report
North Canyon road is clear to Marlette Saddle. Then patchy snow with maybe a 3-4 minute hike across snow over the top and then rideable to the side of many snow banks. Another short snow section at Marlette lake then mostly rideable on the edge of the snow banks on the road leading around Marlette to the flume. The flume is mostly clear with just a few drifts left at the top of Tunnel Creek road after the flume. Beware of water ruts on Tunnel Creek road! There are a couple of trees down around Marlette Lake. State parks has removed all the trees to Marlette Lake. Shuttles will start soon.