After riding the abandoned railroad grade between Wadsworth and Nixon and returning via the Tahoe-Pyramid Trail I found myself thinking what about paddling the Truckee and biking back on the T-P Trail. My cautious brain was in conflict with my adventurous brain. There have been few outings where I found myself questioning whether or not …
Continue reading Packraft and Bike on the Truckee River and Tahoe-Pyramid Trail
I have always been fascinated by the raised red cinder railroad grade along Pyramid Lake. I am not a train historian nor a railroad buff but I am interested in following these abandoned railroad grades by bike. My first adventure on a railroad grade was between Goldfield and Rhyolite. I found out about this potential …
Continue reading Pyramid Lake Project; Union Pacific Railroad Grade
I look for reasons to ride out of Middlegate. Middlegate is the self proclaimed middle of nowhere, in the middle of Nevada, off Highway 50, the Loneliest Road in America. You can't get a more enticing description than that! Jumping off from here I have ridden through the Desatoya Mountains, Shoshone Range, Fairview Peak, and …
September 9, 2019 Day trips serve the great purpose of getting me back to an area to ride the bits I skipped over on my last ride. It is unrealistic to think you can really ride and explore the roads of a mountain range in even a few visits. So after I did a loop …
Continue reading Ride Report; Returning to the Shoshone Mountains
Looking across to Sonoma Canyon, East Range and Humboldt Range on horizon November 4, 2019 After finding a high road based on a friend's tip how else could I find a high road? I was curious about wildfires this season and after finding a website that monitored wildfire cameras (I was first clued into wildfire …
Continue reading High Roads Project Part 6; Sonoma Peak 9,396′
From the Calico Mountains to the Black Rock Range I jumped into 2019 with grand plans of writing a bikepacking guide to the Black Rock High Rock Emigrant Trail National Conservation Area. With this focus I made 11 trips, primarily to Gerlach, to research routes to recommend the best riding experience. By no means did …
Continue reading From the Black Rock to High Points, 2019 Had Diverse Highlights!
August 19, 2019 This road did not make the list of high roads in Nevada. This is not a criticism of “the list”. But this road has been on my radar since I rode the Toiyabe Crest Trail north to south from above Groves Reservoir to the edge of Arc Dome wilderness. I finished this …
Continue reading High Roads Project Part 5; FS Road 44017 Climbing to the Toiyabe Crest Trail
Climbing to the radio tower on Mustang Mtn, looking back to Candalaria Hills July 29, 2019- After visiting Corey Peak I noticed Mustang Mountain (10,160') and Mustang Pass (9,878') were only a “little” further south, and slightly lower on the list of high roads. The two routes were so close together but not linkable on …
The first rays coming over the Humboldt Range, it's going to be a hot day! August 5, 2019- While I feel fortunate to come across the list of high roads in Nevada by no means is it exhaustive or definitive. Richard Hamilton, a long time adventure buddy of mine said, “You know, there is a …
Continue reading High Roads Project Part 4; Star Peak 9,840’ Humboldt Range
Be a lucky boy on Lucky Boy Pass Looking over the list of highest roads of Nevada I saw White Pine County, Elko County and Mineral County for the highest 6 roads. White Pine and Elko Counties require at least a 4-5 hour drive from Reno but Mineral County is only 3 hours away. Mt …
Continue reading High Roads Project Part 2; Corey Peak 10,501′ Wassuk Range
