Future Plans for the North Yuba Trail

While most folks are aware of the North Yuba Trail, and our 12 year pursuit to construct the section between Downieville and Goodyears Bar, it is a little known fact that there is a much larger scheme for this riverfront trail. Recently the Highway 49 corridor, from the town of Camptonville to Yuba Pass, was nominated to receive National Scenic Byway status. If 49 was to receive national recognition, Federal grant funds would be made available for recreation enhancement projects that are located within the highway corridor. 

So, in the spirit of building and enjoying sweet singletrack, and trying to stimulate our tourist-based economy, we have been working on our own Highway 49 Scenic Byway Enhancement Plan; a 70+ mile, non-motorized, multiple use trail, connecting the river’s headwaters at Yuba Pass (elevation 6,700’) to the nation’s fourth highest dam at Bullards Bar Reservoir (elevation 2,000’). This uniquely beautiful route follows pre-historic, historic, and newly constructed pathways; linking gold-rush era towns, Forest Service campgrounds, and some of California’s most stunning and rugged backcountry.