| Dedication | ix |
| Introduction | 1 |
| The Weather | 1 |
| The Land | 1 |
| Health and Safety | 2 |
| Regulations | 3 |
| Minimizing Your Impact on Trails | 3 |
| Improving Your Riding Technique | 4 |
| Minimizing Trail Conflicts | 7 |
| IMBA Rules of the Trail | 9 |
| How to Use This Book | 10 |
| Maps | 11 |
| Elevation graphs | 12 |
| Final words | 12 |
| Legend | 13 |
| Ride Locations | 14 |
| Northern California Sections and Chapters | 15 |
| Southern Coast Ranges | 16 |
| Monterey Bay Area | 16 |
1 | Fort Ord Public Lands | 17 |
2 | Wilder Ranch State Park | 21 |
3 | Soquel Demonstration State Forest | 26 |
| Western South San Francisco Bay Area | 30 |
4 | Saratoga Gap Loop | 30 |
5 | Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve | 35 |
6 | El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve | 37 |
7 | Whittemore Gulch Trail | 42 |
| Eastern South San Francisco Bay Area | 46 |
8 | Lyman Willson Ridge Road/Grizzly Gulch Trail | 47 |
9 | Kelly Lake Loop | 52 |
10 | Frog Lake | 57 |
11 | Middle Ridge Loop | 60 |
12 | China Hole Trail | 65 |
| Northern Coast Ranges | 68 |
| North San Francisco Bay Area | 68 |
13 | China Camp State Park | 69 |
14 | Skyline Wilderness Park | 74 |
15 | Rockville Hills Community Park | 79 |
| Santa Rosa/Clear Lake Area | 87 |
16 | Annadel State Park--Ledson Marsh | 87 |
17 | Annadel State Park--Lake Ilsanjo | 92 |
18 | Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest | 96 |
| North Coast Redwood Parks | 101 |
19 | Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park | 101 |
| Southern Cascades and Northern Sierra Nevada | 107 |
| Mount Shasta Area | 108 |
20 | Kelsey Trail | 109 |
21 | Bailey Cove Loop | 112 |
22 | Waters Gulch Trail | 114 |
23 | Clikapudi Trail | 116 |
24 | Clear Creek Vista Trail | 119 |
25 | Recliner Loop | 122 |
26 | Land Luge Loop | 127 |
| Mount Lassen Area | 131 |
27 | Spencer Meadow Loop | 131 |
28 | Trail Lake Trail | 135 |
29 | Bucks Creek Loop Trail | 138 |
30 | Feather Falls Trail | 142 |
| Downieville Area | 146 |
31 | Bullards Bar Trail | 147 |
32 | North Yuba Trail | 151 |
33 | Halls Ranch/Fiddle Creek Trails | 154 |
34 | Chimney Rock/Empire Creek Trails | 158 |
35 | Divide Loop | 163 |
36 | Downieville Downhill via Butcher Ranch Trail | 167 |
37 | Downieville Downhill via Pauley Creek Trail | 170 |
38 | Downieville Downhill via Big Boulder Trail | 174 |
| Nevada City, Auburn, and Donner Pass Area | 177 |
39 | South Yuba National Trail | 177 |
40 | Upper Pioneer/Omega Trails | 183 |
41 | Shotgun "Lake" | 188 |
42 | Loch Leven Lakes Loop | 191 |
43 | Hole-in-the-Ground Trail | 194 |
44 | Stevens Trail | 200 |
45 | Foresthill Divide | 203 |
46 | Darrington/Salmon Falls Trail | 207 |
47 | Sweetwater Trail | 211 |
| Lake Tahoe Area | 214 |
48 | Commemorative Emigrant Trail, East from California Highway 89 | 214 |
49 | Watson Lake from Brockway Summit | 218 |
50 | Watson Lake from Midway Bridge | 221 |
51 | Tahoe Rim Trail to Tahoe City Loop | 224 |
52 | The Flume Trail Loop | 227 |
53 | Spooner Summit to Bench Overlook | 232 |
54 | Kingsbury Grade to Bench Overlook | 235 |
55 | Star Lake from Heavenly Valley North | 238 |
56 | Big Meadow to Freel Pass | 242 |
57 | Big Meadow to Pacific Crest Trail | 245 |
| North of Yosemite | 249 |
58 | Sly Park Loop | 249 |
59 | Silver Fork Loop | 253 |
60 | The Hogan Trail | 256 |
61 | Lake Alpine Loop | 260 |
62 | Glory Hole Upper | 263 |
63 | Glory Hole Lower | 266 |
| Southern Sierra Nevada | 269 |
| South of Yosemite | 269 |
64 | Goat Mountain Trail | 270 |
65 | Squaw Leap Loop | 273 |
66 | Tour de Granite Adventure | 277 |
67 | Lower Rock Creek Trail | 282 |
Appendix | For More Information | 287 |
| About the Author | 291 |