165 miles of gravel cycling through the fall colors, ghost towns, and buttes of the lost sierra

Sept 25–27 2026
The Lost Sierra High Line route A 165-mile loop beginning and ending in Truckee with an overnight in Graeagle. Day one is rust and day two changes to blue as the route unfolds over USGS topography.
Day 1 Day 2

GRAEAGLE · 86 TRUCKEE · 0 TRUCKEE · 165
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A gravel or mountain bike with at least 40mm tires recommended. Airbnbs in Truckee and Graeagle. Cost is your share of the Airbnb and a $50 donation to Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship.

“The mountains are calling and I must go”
John Muir
“I thought it must surely be the fairest picture the whole earth affords”
Mark Twain
“LABOR IS RESPECTABLE.”
Bayard Taylor
“Everybody was talking of ‘Gold! gold!’ until it assumed the character of a fever.”
General William T. Sherman
“Totally navigable by road bike”
your hardo friend
“Does anyone have advil?”
Night one proverb
“I’m starting an agentic workflow”
unknown vibe criminal
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