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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