Funds will support a new trailhead designed to minimize neighborhood impacts and give everyone an easier start on the trails
Tahoe XC’s trails are getting a new launching point after donors exceeded the Tahoe Fund’s $100,000 matching goal to relocate the year-round trailhead. As part of the larger Tahoe Cross Country Lodge Project, the new trailhead will help minimize neighborhood parking and give everyone an easier start on the area’s popular trails.
”Tahoe XC has been a welcome home to cross country skiing and mountain biking in our community for over 50 years,” said Bill Dietz, Tahoe Fund board member. “We are thrilled to report that passion for recreation runs deep in our region, as Tahoe Fund donors met and exceeded our goal to support the trailhead relocation effort.”
The Tahoe Fund matching campaign raised over $105,000 of private funding to support the project’s Phase 1 of 3, trailhead relocation. The $2.9 million trailhead relocation phase will create ADA and beginner-friendly trail access not currently available at the existing trailhead due to its topography. It will also provide walkability and transit options for students thanks to its shared parking with North Tahoe High School, and generate year-round community programming opportunities.
“Relocating the trailhead is the first step in realizing our larger goal of finally giving the Tahoe Cross Country community a home that serves and connects for generations to come,” said Jim Robbins, TCCSEA board president and founding member of Tahoe XC. “We are incredibly grateful to those who contributed to the trailhead relocation effort and demonstrated the value this project has to our broader community.”
The Lodge Project will create a functional, sustainable home for Tahoe XC’s growing youth programs and serve as a gathering space for everyone. The new location is a more accessible trailhead to both Tahoe XC’s groomed winter trails and Burton Creek State Park public lands. Once constructed, the new lodge will replace the 50-year-old building that exists today with a new building that will use geothermal heat pumps and solar panels to become a net zero energy commercial building.
