Chugging up the four-mile climb to get to Marlette Lake.
We decided to ride the Flume Trail before the leaves dropped.
The climb up to Marlette Lake is surrounded by aspens and is beautiful in the fall.
A view of Marlette Lake from the high point.
The final half-mile of the climb is a steep pitch known as “Cardiac Hill.”
It’s not a big climb by mountain biking standards, but the Flume Trail attracts a lot of novice bikers who regard it with dread.
Looking down to Sand Harbor and the North Shore.
Ho hum, just another day in Tahoe.
There were an amazing number of hikers and bikers on the trail, probably twice as many as we’d seen in all our previous rides of the Flume Trail put together.
Serves us right for coming on a Saturday.
Splish splash.
Marlette Lake was higher than we’d ever seen. You had to ride through some water where the trail was covered at the dam.
The fall colors around Marlette Lake.
It was a perfect day for a ride—warm in the sun, a little chilly in the shade.
Getting ready for the climb out of Marlette Lake.
We did an out-and-back, 21.5 miles round-trip.
Oh my butt is sore.
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