About

The Truckee Trails Foundation is creating a world-class network of inclusive trails and bikeways in and around Truckee for community health, sustainability, and prosperity.

TTF is a licensed Class A (General Engineering) contractor in the State of California, #1108018

We Dig Trail

At our core, we dig trail. Our roots are in trails and bikeways advocacy — ensuring absolutely critical town-wide bicycling infrastructure that our community embraces year round. Over time, our connections to local agencies and community partners have led us to become the go-to dirt trail builders in the Truckee region as well.

TTF is responsible for maintaining approximately 180 miles of non-motorized trail in the Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District, with the exception of the Jackass/Donkeytown Trail which is maintained by the Truckee Dirt Union.
TTF builds NEW trail, too — trails designed and managed for mountain biking, hiking, and even trails for the mobility-challenged. It is critical to us that everyone find a way to enjoy the great outdoors on trails. In the last 6 years alone, TTF’s crew has built close to 30 miles of new trail, including major mountain bike and hiking trail development in Waddle Ranch and the Sawtooth Zone. TTF has been invited to work for the Truckee Donner Land Trust, Tahoe Donner Association, Glenshire Resident’s Association, Truckee Tahoe Airport District, and others.

We’re here to keep our system of trials sustainable and growing, working to ensure there’s something for everyone because we know you dig trail, too.

We Advocate

From ensuring new developments contain safe, connected, and publicly available trails to urging bike lanes on our town, county, and state roads and highways, to finding creative ways to fund both paths, we have helped make things happen.

We have been heavily involved in every revision of the Town of Truckee’s Trails & Bikeways Master Plan. As well, we assist with other trails master planning processes, including the Truckee Tahoe Airport District.

We maintain strong partnerships with local governments, HOAs, and non-profits, and have built a reputation as successful advocates for trails and bikeways. Our advocacy roles are rooted in a deep desire for safe and connected non-motorized possibilities, enabling world-class recreation and safe opportunities for alternative transportation.

In 2014, TTF worked aggressively to get Measure R on the ballot, and our leaders piloted the massive, all-volunteer effort to a victory on June 3: $10,000,000 in trails, bikeways, and trail maintenance for the next 10 years. 100% of Measure R revenue goes to the Town of Truckee.

In 2022, TTF worked tirelessly to get Measure U on the ballot, and we were thrilled our campaign efforts paid off with another win for trails. Measure U will bring in an estimated $3 million for Town of Truckee trails when Measure R sunsets.

TTF also helped secure grant funding and strongly advocated for completion of the Truckee River Legacy Trail to Glenshire, the Brockway Road Trail, and the Trout Creek Trail from downtown to Tahoe Donner — all critical linkages for recreation and non-motorized commuting.

Similarly, TTF worked hard to advocate for funding to build bike lanes on 89 South and on Glenshire Drive.

Current Projects

What We’re Working On

What We’ve Done

Since the Truckee Trails Foundation was established, over $24 million in trails and bikeways have been built in our community, including 16 miles of Class 1 bike paths, 13 miles of Class 2 bike lanes, and 32 miles of Class 3 bike routes.

In the world of dirt, over the past 6 years alone, our trail crew has made significant strides as well, including:

Miles of Trail Maintained

Downed Trees Removed from Trails

Miles of New Trail Built

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History

The Truckee Trails Foundation opened its doors in 2002, shortly after the release of the first Town of Truckee Trails and Bikeways Master Plan, which explicitly called for the creation of a nonprofit trails group to facilitate the development of the trails system in Truckee. TTF looked to the community to provide our initial funding, thereby creating the “Founding Fifty” — trails-minded residents who joined us in our great vision for trails. Since then we have worked hard to identify additional strategic alliances, funding, and community volunteers that have all combined to turn Truckee into a community with a rapidly growing system of truly great trails.