As of this writing, this shuttle, operated by the Flume Trail Bikes shop, runs from July to November regularly between 2:00 to 5:00 on the hour, and can be reserved for other times by prior arrangement. An alternative could be to park at Spooner Lake and start the ride there, only to pick the shuttle at the end of your ride to return to your car. The safer bet would be to park at the Tunnel Creek Shuttle Station near the bottom of Tunnel Creek Road, and to take the shuttle from there to start the ride from Spooner Lake. The connection between the end of the ride and the beginning would be by a shuttle. The most common (and shortest) route for riding Flume Trail would start as the reverse of this ride by setting out from the Spooner Lake parking lot, climbing the fire road up North Canyon to Marlette Lake, skirting along the western shore of that lake to Marlette Dam where you can pick up Flume Trail, following the trail to its northern end and taking Tunnel Creek Road down to Route 28.
If you're reading this page only with an interest in riding Flume Trail itself, you should know that this route is not the most typical way of riding that trail. This one is a one-way shuttle ride that incorporates Flume Trail as part of a longer ride that's mostly a descent. This is mostly due to its dramatic setting (much of it is carved into a very steep hillside) and the spectacular views of Lake Tahoe that it affords, but it's easy to see that a big part of this popularity is due to the low difficulty level of the trail, allowing many more people than just avid mountain bikers to enjoy it. It's probably safe to say that Flume Trail is the best known biking trail in the Lake Tahoe area.
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