3:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific
About the Lost and Found
Hosted in the wide-open and high North Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, the Lost and Found Gravel Festival is a grand bike ride and festival celebrating mountain life.
The Lost & Found course features a perfect blend of pavement, dirt road, gravel road and historic railroad grade. Racers must choose their bike wisely as you're not in Kansas, this is the high Sierra.
The longest route is approximately 100 miles with 8,000' of elevation gain and is 80% dirt. Also available are two shorter and still challenging course options; the 60 mile, with 5,000' gain, and the 35 mile, with 4,000' gain.
All routes start in Portola at the City Park and lead into the surrounding mountains hrough some of the most beautiful and vast alpine valleys California has to offer.
Participants can choose to race or simply ride the route and take advantage of the quality aid stations. Racers and riders from around the world will be invited to lose themselves and find this two-wheeled paradise.
Saturday ride and post event fun in Portola with food, beer, live music, and dancing - the way we like to do it! Come join us for a great weekend in the Lost Sierra.
Proceeds from the Lost & Found go right back into the trails through the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship
This race supports Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship's Lost Sierra Route, connecting 15 mountain communities to promote economic prosperity through recreation.
By participating and fundraising, you will help a region recover from devastating wildfires and economic hardship through the creation of this 600+ mile multiuse trail.
Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship
(phone: 530-283-2426)
The Festival
More than just a ride, a full weekend of fun enjoying the Sierra.
We have a fun festival in the works for the 2023 Lost & Found! Check it out!
The beautiful rides through the Lost Sierra are amazing, from 35 mile course for the 'Good Times Rider', to 100 mile course for the ‘Serious Riders and Racers’. But there is so much more than just the ride...
Friday Night Packet Pick-up Welcome Party
- Location: Portola City Park
- Onsite registration & check-in: 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm - try to walk or ride your bike to check-in
- Live Music by Danny Horton
- Local Food Trucks
- Snacks and adult beverages:
- Adult beverages available - 3:00pm to 6:30pm
- All beverage proceeds go to trails too!
- Registered riders/racers get a ticket for a beverage
- Volunteers get a ticket for a beverage
- Adult beverages available - 3:00pm to 6:30pm
Saturday
In partnership with the City of Portola, we have a full evening of festivities planned on Saturday.
Fun for Riders, Families and Friends
- 6:00am to 8:00am - Packet pickup (no registration)
Baked goods and coffee available
- Ride start times: 8am start as mass roll-out for Longest racers and 9am start as mass roll-out for Longer and Long mile racers. All categories will stage at least 15 minutes prior to start time for instructions on completing the ride.
- Post ride recovery in Portola City Park starting at 12pm including post ride meal (12-6pm) for registered riders and volunteers for free and local food trucks
- Post Ride Party Saturday in Portola City Park with food, beverages, live music, and dancing till 8pm - the way we like to do it!
- Events Camping in Portola - includes showers.
Consider camping onsite at Portola City Park for convenient partying opportunities. - Awards Ceremony - 3pm to 5pm
Will be held at the stage to celebrate the victors in style.
Awards begin in this order: Pro Men & Women, 35 Mile - 2 categories, 65 Mile - Men, 65 Mile - Women, 100 Mile - Men, 100 Mile Women - Bike Wash - 12:00pm - 5:30pm
- Bike Valet - 12:00pm - ends 7:30pm
- Live Acoustic Music from Johnny Walker & Greg Willis (sample!) - 12:30pm
- Free Kids Races - 5pm
Kid's evening races around the park - all ages welcome. Three groups from small to tall. This is a fun race just for the kids to have some fun on their bikes too - sponsored by the Plumas County Sheriff Association. We will have forms posted to fill out and bring onsite to the race. Onsite registration will also be available. - Lost and Found Expo – yes we’ve even got shopping! Opens at 12pm.
- Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship merchandise booth
- Yuba Expeditions booth
- Tasty adult beverages - provided by our sponsors at our Beverage Garden in Portola City Park.
- Food will be available on Saturday along with local food vendors.
- ID Required for adult beverages
- Purchase beverage tickets with CC or cash (no checks)
- Adult beverages will be available on Friday from 3pm to 7pm and Saturday from 2pm to 8pm
- Awards for Long, Longer and Longest racers are scheduled from 3pm to 5pm.
- Live Music - 6:00pm
Joy and Madness will bring their infectious jams and get down sounds on Saturday night in the park. Expect to move your booty! "Joy & Madness brings a modern classic pop sensibility to a new age of joyous funk and soul reaching audiences in a way that few live performers can." (sample!)
- Festival concludes for the day - 8:00pm
- Events Camping in Portola - includes showers.
| 6/2/2023 - 6/3/2023 |    |
