Downieville Update

Mark your calendars – Downieville Outfitters is planning on running shuttles starting Saturday May 23rd, 2009 Memorial Day Weekend! Keep an eye on their site for the latest trail conditions.

Photos taken April 28th, 2009

Downieville Video

Can’t wait to ride D-Ville!

Downieville Trails are Awesome

Wow the riding at D-Ville is fantastic this time of year.  We rode on Sunday 11/23 and the trails were a little wet and tacky for great traction and no dust!

Downieville Update

TRAIL CONDITIONS from Downieville Outfitters

Spring is coming! We will be posting bi-weekly status reports with pics through spring so keep checking back to know when the downhill is fully rideable.

Snow melt begins in April and we plan to open May 24th – Memorial Day weekend.

See the latest snow melt reports here: www.DownievilleOutfitters.com

As of April 26th, 2008: “The snowpack is between 2-5ft. depending on sun exposure.This includes from Berger Campground to Butcher trail. Our estimated time for shuttling is still Memorial Day weekend.
~ Greg”

The Third Divide trail ….

D-Ville Update

From Yuba Expeditions: TRAIL SHUTTLES AVAILABLE SPRING ‘08 (we hope)

“The Forest Service will start limiting mountain bike use in the Downieville area, starting with YUBA Expeditions. The FS wants to impose a 3% tax on YUBA’s gross revenues from shuttles and bike demos, which is a sizeable amount of the net profit. The funds collected under this program will be used to pay a FS employee to administer the program and to conduct “user-conflict” studies, not for needed trail maintenance or rehabilitation- that task is left to our local non-profit, the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship. Under this agreement, the FS would be able to dictate how many customers YUBA caters to in a season, as well as define the days and times of shuttle operations. These new fees and restrictions will no doubt force YUBA to raise prices and reduce the number of trips, which could eventually lead to YUBA closing it’s doors. We’ll keep you posted on how this whole thing pans out, but for now we remain optimistic and are hoping for another great season in Downieville.”   www.yubaexpeditions.com

Check out the discussion on MtbR.com

Perfect Fall Riding at D-Ville

Sunday was a stellar day to ride Downieville. The trail was in great condition – just damp enough so that traction was right on and no dust!  The riding weather was really good too – a little cool on top and then just right a little further down the mountain. I think the fall is the most awesome time to ride DVille.

Packer Saddle road block. L2R  Randy, Cristy, Sean, Tomo, Nancy, Don, Casey, Ed, Eddy, Dan, Jude, Steve’s Nomad.

Downieville Conditions

Current weather……

From May 20th, 2007

10 Tips for Riding the Downieville Downhill

The most important tip is to just get out there and ride your bike on the Downieville Downhill. It’s all fun!  
Curtis Opperman on the Butcher Ranch trail

Fast times at Butcher Ranch

Sunday May 20th, 2007 

The ride at Downieville this weekend was the earliest ever! We had some snow drifts at the top but the rest of the trail was awesome riding! The trail hasn’t been cleaned up from the winter so there are lots of rocks, trees and debris; the trail is rough —– so it’s perfect for downhill bikes!

The new jerseys are in!  L2R: Joe, Nancy, Erick, Randy, Sean, Cristy & Steve (click to view larger pic)

Downieville Open May 19th!

 The snow is melting fast so Downieville should be open in a couple of weeks.

From Downieville Outfitters: ” We will offer a different DH shuttle covering 3000 ft over the course of 6 miles. We have put in many hours to reopen this old logging trail and will have it open in mid-Spring.”

For shuttle reservations or more info call Downieville Outfitters 530.289.0155

Downieville Downhill Race Registration

The Downieville DH online registration opens Monday April 16th at 8:00 pm.  It usually sells out in a few hours. If you’re gonna race it you gotta get signed up first – so mark this date on your calendar!  Sign up at the regular site:  http://www.downievilleclassic.com/

DH Race- Sunday July 15th, 2007
17 miles, 5,000′ descent, oh yeah. The Downieville Downhill is the longest and most demanding dh race course in the country (new longer and sweeter course with the addition of Sunrise Trail).

Downieville – one more time

Downieville, California * Sunday November 19th, 2006

The riding is still awesome at Downieville and there are no crowds!  The trail was a little wet on top but most of the trail was tacky for mega traction, plus no dust to be seen anywhere!

Eric on the Butcher Ranch trail.

Downieville & the Sunrise Trail

Sunday November 5th, 2006 

We rode the Sunrise Trail for the first time this weekend and it is awesome.  This new trail (it opened October 14th, 2006) runs from Packer Saddle to the Butcher Ranch trailhead. You can now bypass the ride down the road and rail some fantastic singletrack at the same time! Many thanks to the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship for all the great work on this project!

Cristy mob’n the rocks…. she cleaned it (see next photo)

Downieville this Weekend

Saturday & Sunday November 4th & 5th, 2006

A group of dhReno riders are headed over to Downieville this weekend. Let us know if you’re going.

Gold Rush at D-Ville