Kings Beach Trail
Tahoe Fund 2018 Signature Project: Help make this projects happen
Partners: Tahoe Area Mountain Bike Association (TAMBA), U.S. Forest Service, Truckee Tahoe Airport and North Tahoe Public Utility District
Campaign Goal: $15,000
The Kings Beach Trail project aims to transform a current Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) trail with major erosion issues into a multi-feature trail for use by mountain bikes, motorbikes, hikers and equestrians. The Forest Service has been redesigning OHV trails in the Tahoe Basin to help reduce erosion and sediment flow into Lake Tahoe. Modeling of the Kings Beach trail by the Forest Service shows that up to a ton of sediment currently flows into Griff Creek. With similar trail redesigns, they have seen a 90% reduction of erosion.
The newly designed trail will help prevent the flow of sediment from the eroding trail into Griff Creek and Lake Tahoe.
Final alignments and engineering work will be completed later this summer. The majority of trail work is slated for the 2018 season. TAMBA will be looking for local volunteers.
To get involved, visit www.tamba.org or email info@tamba.org.