Good news! One of TBS’s favorite local backcountry ski spots is no longer private property festooned with no trespassing signs that we have to ignore.
RENO (AP) — A scenic 750-acre enclave in the Lake Tahoe Basin, once a Nevada version of California’s Bohemian Club for the rich and powerful, is now in the public’s hands.
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U.S. Forest Service officials said the government assumed ownership Wednesday of Incline Lake and surrounding forestland after paying $46 million to the Incline Lake Corp.
Officials called it a landmark acquisition for conservation. The deal follows four years of negotiations involving Nevada’s congressional delegation.
Continue reading ‘incline lake now owned by USFS’
*This just in from the Poedunks: *
Join us as we partner with the Nevada Conservation Corp and Washoe County
Parks on National Trails Day. Should be a nice day in the trees, something
we are not used to on Peavine! Send an email to Matt Miller below to sign up
and hope to see you there.
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*National Trails Day 2008*
*What: Trail Walk and Construction
When: Saturday June 7, 2008
Where: Galena Creek Park, off Mount Rose Highway.
Time: 9 am - 2 pm
Other: Contact Matt Miller to register or just come!
(775) 784 -3504
**mmiller(at)thegreatbasininstitute.org*
*FREE Lunch with Beverages
Chance to win Raffle Prizes from sponsors
*Come celebrate the 16th annual National Trails Day on June 7th by helping
build and maintain a trail in our own backyard. The trail is in Galena Creek
Park, just south of Reno off of Mt. Rose Highway. Volunteers will be
assisting with trail construction for an interpretive trail that will
connect the new Visitor Center to the Jones-White’s Loop and a historic
site.
The Nevada Conservation Corps will give instruction on trail building, no
prior experience is necessary!
All ages are encouraged to attend, bring the family!
Meet at 9:00 am at the trailhead, North (first) entrance to Galena park,
near the restrooms.
Lunch will be provided.
*Coordinated by: The Great Basin Institute, The Poedunks, and Washoe
County.
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How cool is this! The Silver State Striders are going to be running The Bacon Strip! And they know it’s called The Bacon Strip! Some of you may not know this but our very own Sphincterboy used to run this race back in the day and I believe he even won it one year! The below is an excerpt from a note sent to Dale of the Poedunks:
-M
Just an FYI on a future event taking place on Peavine (using trails you guys have worked hard on!); the Silver State Striders will be hosting the Silver State 50 mile trail run on Peavine, May 17th (www.silverstatestriders.com). The finish of the race (last 10 miles of so) will use “the bacon strip” trail all the way down to the new stuff that we worked on at the end of 2007. I’m letting you know just in case you may be able to get the word out to other users of this trail that they may see course markings showing up out there and to kindly not remove them! Hate to have some tired runner not from around here getting lost up there!
Yesterday Nooner, Bustigator, The Restless Ape, Aron, Juni and I found a new trail out in Sparks thanks to a tip from my buddy Martin. It was RAD!
It starts off a dirt road behind the new softball fields near Red Cock Gold Course. Follow the pink BLM access signs for now. It starts with a cool singletrack, then climbs about 900 feet over really short distance. It’s a lung buster for sure but most of the switchbacks are really well built and fully ridable.
We ran into one of the builders @ the top. Thanks man!!!
The trail loops around from the top there by the chicken sign. Suggest going right for the loop. There is some seriously technical stuff on the back side. Steep, loose, tight, rocky and super fun! About 10 miles all together.
There was some fall-line trail on the back side and some in-sloped sections with no drainage, but it looks like these guys are out there working fairly frequently and are on top of it. Great trail. Lots of potential. I’d like to see it go all the way south to I-80…
Also: check out all the new trail work being done over on Peavine!!!
-M
What: Open Space Plan Public Input Workshop
Where: Rancho San Rafael Park, Wilbur D. May museum
When: October 23, 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Why: Washoe County Open Space is at stake!
Tuesday night at Rancho San Rafael park offers a good chance for concerned folks to get involved in Open Space planning. Here’s a bit of information from the County’s website:
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 : Open Space Plan Public Input Workshop
Have a say in Washoe County`s Open Space Plan
The Regional Open Space and Natural Resource Management Plan is the County’s guide for making decisions that maintain the region’s natural heritage, landscape and wildlife. The proposed update was developed over the last six months with the assistance of numerous partner agencies and the public. For the first time, a natural resource management component has been added into the plan.
Open Space Plan Public Input Workshop
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
5:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Wilbur D. May Museum
Rancho San Rafael Regional Park
1595 N. Sierra Street, Reno
Information: Lynda Nelson (775) 823-6511
And here’s a link to a recent story about this by the RGJ. Hope to see some of y’all there. Probably going via Xtracycle straight to the meeting and would love to see a big old cluster of bikes parked outside.
Yo,
I helped polish the new trail this weekend that was cut from Keystone over to Evan’s Creek. Though making single tract with a bull dozer mightseem a tad ham-handed, it was a fast, efficient and cost effective way to build sustainable singletrack that everyone can enjoy. The goal is for this to be the first of a series of main-line trails all the way to Verdi!
So get out there and ride it! Most of it looks good. Some rocks need to be moved and there are some down-slope berms that need to be kicked out. Feel free to plant some save move some rocks back onto the shoulder etc… Just ride it! Especially if it get’s wet later this week…
For more info on the next trail day in two weeks check over @ www.poedunk.com.
-M
The Bacon Strip has been spotted in Idaho. This picture was taken at an undisclosed location that will be obvious to any skier or climber with the most modest of pattern-recognition skills. Continue reading ‘Bacon n’ Taters’
dhReno Posted on this. Check here for the deets. Click here to submit a comment.
Sometimes a trail should be a quite dirty place for plodding along under the weight of a pack and the burning sun (or freezing rain). Sometimes it’s a shred fest. It should never be a loose, dusty, piss-smelling dung heap like the first 5 miles of almost every Sierra Nevada Wilderness Trailhead. I might not want to step aside for a bike on my 10th day on the PCT or JMT or TRT when I’m out backpacking, but i Sure as shit don’t want some tubby family of slack-jawed douchebags feeding the bears @ Charlotte Lake with my five days of food they grabbed out of the bear locker along with their own who would NEVER be there if it weren’t for the ability to pay someone to do the hard work for them.
The point of a trail is to take your time to get somewhere slowly and with effort. Sans that sacrifice, you might as well pave a road and build a golf course. Every able bodied human is capable of hiking 8 miles in a day. Get TIVO, the game will be there when you get home. Continue reading ‘Help Save Bike Access to the Continental Divide Trail’
Check here for info and stories and pictures relating to the wild lands of Nevada and the ongoing efforts to document, protect and enjoy them.
Everyone should take the time to comment on the matter in this post.
-M
Our conversation got started with this e-mail:
From: Don Darue
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 5:03 AM
To: localcrew
Subject: Mmmm that smell
I get out of the shower this morning and…Mmmm…that bacon smell…oh that smell..thought of you [guys]. Just thought I’d share.
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Behold the beauty of bacon . . .
So, my friend who sent this could use your input, Bacon Strippers. Continue reading ‘Throw ‘Er Out N’ Spit in the Skillet!’
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