Tahoe Donner Trails
Please help us protect our trails and roads by staying off muddy trails. See below for a list of open trails.
The Tahoe Donner Trail System is the ultimate playground for hikers, trail runners, mountain bikers and equestrians with more than 46 miles of singletrack trails and 30 miles of doubletrack administrative roads spanning over 5,000 acres. With thousands of users – horses and dogs included – it is essential that we all work together and observe basic trail rules and etiquette to keep Tahoe Donner Lands and Open Space safe and enjoyable for everyone.
Pursuant to US Forest Service Order 17-26-01, the road that accesses Truckee Donner Land Trust’s Lower Carpenter Valley property will be closed for 2026 to complete forest health work in the area. The Alder 89 WUI (wilderness urban interface) project closes all Forest Service lands in the area. Click here to read the Forest Service order.
This project is vital to reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire damage not only to Lower Carpenter Valley but also to adjacent neighborhoods, including Tahoe Donner and Prosser Lake View. The result will be a healthier, more resilient forest, which benefits all of our region’s protected open space and the natural resources on which we all rely.
Visit the Truckee Donner Land Trust website for additional information and details.
Tahoe Donner’s popular Euer Valley area is undergoing major trail improvements this summer as part of a planned restoration project. Multiple trail and road closures will be in effect beginning in May with work continuing through November 2026.
- NO ACCESS to Coyote Crossing Bridge and boardwalk from South Valley Road due to meadow restoration. Obey all closure signs. New sustainable single track coming this season.
- The East Perimeter Trail from Hillside Dr, including Hansel, to Schussing Way is CLOSED. Trail will be reconstructed in Spring 2026 once conditions allow.
For your safety and the success of these long-term improvements, please stay off all closed trails and obey posted signage.
OPEN
Teewinot – OPEN
Donner Lake Rim Trail (Trout Creek/Northwoods to Drifter Hut) – OPEN
Night Hawk – OPEN
Silver Streak – OPEN
Downward Dog – OPEN (use Caution, Trees down!)
Wild West Uphill – OPEN
Lower True Grit (Sundance Hut to Moondance Hut) – OPEN
Flying Squirrel – OPEN
Rough Rider Road – OPEN
Doggy Dipper Road – OPEN
Sundance Cutoff – OPEN
Rawhide (from Moondance to the hairpin turn) – OPEN
Cinnamon Twist Connector – OPEN
East Perimeter Trail (from Yellow gate to campground) – OPEN
East Perimeter Trial (Schussing to Northwoods Clubhouse) – OPEN
Nature Loop – OPEN
Northfork Road – OPEN
Chickadee Road – OPEN
Sundance Road – OPEN
CLOSED – STILL TOO WET
Whoop It Up – CLOSED
Dog in Space – CLOSED
Lower Cinnamon Twist (section below Sundance Road) – CLOSED
Lower Rawhide and Yeehaw (section below the hair pin turn is super wet) – CLOSED
CLOSED FOR FORESTRY WORK AND CLEANUP
Pookers – CLOSED at the USFS boundary
East Perimeter Trail (Hansel to Schussing) – CLOSED
Lions Leap – CLOSED at the USFS boundary
CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Coyote Crossing Single track from the new bridge to South Valley Road