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Bear Valley Bear – Spicer Reservoir Rd / SnoPark loop from North Grove

Bear Valley Bear – Spicer Reservoir Rd / SnoPark loop from North Grove

Hard

4.6

(4351)

13,531

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Bear Valley Bear – Spicer Reservoir Rd / SnoPark loop from North Grove

03:42

72.4km

1,210m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: February 19, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 253 m for 66 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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287 m

Visitors Center Calaveras Big Trees State Park

Highlight • Rest Area

The towering groves of Giant Sequoia trees (sequoia sempervirens) are accessible all year. In winter usually only the lower grove is accessible by road. The visitors center provides historic park information, maps, water, bathrooms

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800 m

Walter Smith Memorial Parkway - Calaveras Big Trees

Highlight • Forest

The Parkway climbs some 1000 feet through three major groves of redwood trees. In winter usually only the lower grove is accessible by road

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28.9 km

Ebbetts Pass National Scenic Byway

Highlight (Segment) • Mountain Pass

The Ebbetts Pass National Scenic Byway is one of only seven nationally designated byways in California and 151 in the nation. It juts up from the heart of the Sierra …

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36.5 km

Bear Valley Bear

Highlight • Monument

Tall wooden carved bear sculpture carved from massive tree stumps greets visitors at the entrance of Bear Valley

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42.1 km

Spicer Reservoir Rd / SnoPark

Highlight • Parking

Delightful road to the reservoir. In winter usually only ploughed to the SnoPark area

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44.8 km

Big Meadow Campground ⛺️

Highlight • Rest Area

Scenic campground within a mature conifer forest of red fir and lodgepole pine with scattered quaking aspen. Sites are large, private and shady. Natural granitic rock outcrops are scattered throughout. …

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67.3 km

Big Trees Village - Sierra Parkway

Highlight • Settlement

72.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

70.8 km

1.04 km

496 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

72.2 km

114 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,170 m)

Lowest point (1,430 m)

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Wednesday 20 May

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