Recreation

Mountain bikers who ride McCall experience terrain that is anything but boring, from forest service roads to single track trails right outside your door. Ponderosa Park, Bear Basin and Jug Mountain Ranch all offer miles of well maintained single track to experience all levels from family fun to technical riding.

For a great trail Map of the McCall area www.adventuremaps.net has up to date detailed waterproof, tear resistant maps. Check McCall area retailers for locally authored publications such as "Mountain Biking in McCall" by Stephen Stuebner and Roger Phillips - one of the best.

Road biking in the McCall area offers varying scenery and terrain and little traffic to contend with. Our favorite ride: The 16 mile Payette Lake Loop-good road biking all the way around except at the north end which has an easy riding good dirt road. Along the loop there are several spots to pull off for short breaks, including North Beach. A good side trip on this journey is a ride down Lick Creek Road on the east side to check out the Creek and Little Payette Lake.

Valley County Pathways is a citizen driven project formed to develop a network of pathways in Long Valley and there is now a county approved master plan that creates a blueprint for a 100 mile pathway system. The vision is to connect the communities of McCall, Donnelly, Lake Fork, Roseberry and Cascade, complete a pathway around Payette Lake and establish a corridor around Lake Cascade.

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