Imagine yourself here October might become an annual Black Rock Desert - High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area trip. Last year we made our way through High Rock Canyon and with the help of our journalist friends, Jim Scripps and Rick Gunn it became a feature in Adventure Sports Journal. Carlo Luri suggested …
Continue reading Overnight; Black Rock Desert Hot Springs Loop
Shay's Surly Bridge Club ready for a desert trip September 18-19, 2021 Sometimes trips don't go as planned. Yet they turn out fantastic! Even people who weren't there but saw the pictures say, "Wow, what a great trip!" This isn't a new phenomena. We have all written about it, read about it or experienced it. …
Continue reading Toquima Range Overnight; West Northumberland Canyon
Along the aqueduct above Washoe Lake This was my 5th Bike Your Park Day for Adventure Cycling Association. Adventure Cycling has two member-led trips a year, Bike Travel Weekend and Bike Your Park. They harness the enthusiasm of their members to the power of their website and staff to promote travel by bike across America …
Continue reading Ride Report; Bike Your Park, Washoe Lake Rim Ramble
Pete Rissler on his e-converted Salsa Mukluk, the ultimate Nevada exploring bicycle Rarely do I get invited on rides I have been itching to do. Over the last few years Pete Rissler has been sharing his research of the Fortymile Desert and the options the California-bound emigrants of the 1800's faced when making their journey …
Continue reading Ride Report; Fortymile Desert, Carson Trail
While some consider the Selenite Range on the south east edge of the Black Rock Desert to be the guardians of the the Black Rock my gaze is always drawn to the Granite Range. In the winter and spring my imagination is drawn to its snow covered elevations from the distant south. Crossing the Black …
An early creek crossing, no one gets to ride with dry feet In 2010 I started to look for other places to fly fish. In checking the Nevada Division of Wildlife's Fishing Regulations I came across Desert Creek. Ever since I have made at least 3 trips a year there, car camping, often solo, mostly …
Early start on Greenhorn Cutoff Road Photo Shay Daylami This trip has been on my radar for years now. I want to ride where the Nevada's Basque sheepherders took their flocks. Similarly I want to ride where ranchers drove their cattle. I also want to do a series of rides where I ride through small …
Continue reading Overnight; Carlin-Elko Loop, Nevada’s Basque Country
Note, This ride was February 17, 2020 and some how it ended up in my drafts not published. So here you go! After my last trip through Ione Valley I kept thinking how these rides might all sync up. The area between Fairview Pk and the Toquima Range deserves an Area Report! I look for …
"They are going to clear the area, they are going to drop retardant," we were warned by a fellow watching the flames coming out of a pit in front of the old mill in Grantsville Canyon. The stone masonry was black from soot. The fire appeared to be on several levels. This was our destination …
"Is that thunder?", asked Galen Watson. Heavy skies looking across the southern portion of Winnemucca (dry) Lake. Nightingale Mountains "I think it is a jet," I answered. Rainstorms in the desert can have you on edge. If the clay gets wet you will be stuck in the mud pushing an boat-anchor of a bike along. …
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