Jayhawk Well and windmill, I expect water when I see livestock, mile 10.5, Sahwaves on the horizon The Sahwave Mountains are an isolated range in northern Nevada between Pyramid Lake and Lovelock. I have approached this range from the south off the I-80 exits, Hotsprings Nightingale, Jessup, and Toulon. From the north I have ridden …
Continue reading Through the Notch, Juniper Pass, from NV 447
September 13, 2023 South of Gardnerville on US 395 is Simee Dimeh Summit and just beyond that is Leviathan Mine Road. The mine's name had always intrigued me, why have a nautical themed mine? Even if in name alone. I looked up the explanation of Leviathan and it was a Biblical sea monster, serpent or …
Continue reading Ride Report: Leviathan Mine Rd. Desert to Alpine
Across the Quinn River Valley to the Santa Rosa Range, Santa Rosa and Paradise Peaks November 20-21, 2021 We ride and enjoy the stolen lands of the Northern Paiute, Washoe and Shoshone. This is to acknowledge that the indigenous people of northern Nevada had their land taken from them and were relegated to reservations such …
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 …
Adventure Cycling Association is so many things, but two events I participate in directly are Bike Travel Weekend and Bike Your Park Day. These member led outings occur annually and as soon as one is over I am already planning the next year's. For Bike Travel Weekend I led a small party on the Applegate …
Continue reading Walker River Ramble; Bike Your Park Overnight
The Biggest Little City, Reno, NV is surrounded by mountains, the Carson Range, the Bald Mountain Range, Peavine, the Pah Rah Range, and the Virginia and Flowery Ranges. They are all a draw to the bikepacking wanderlust. While they are are magical in their own way the Pah Rah Range has had a particular pull …
Along the Shoshone Mountains From the Desatoyas and the Toiyabes I could look across the high valleys at the Shoshone Mountains. But I never heard much chatter about their splendor. Last September I visited Berlin-Icthyosaur State Park as a part of Adventure Cycling's Bike Your Park Day nestled in the southern portion of the mountains. …
Thousands of feet above the tarmac layers of mountain ranges hide their dirt roads The idea of being able to seamlessly connect tarmac and dirt roads with a gravel bike is most appealing. I know for many gravel riding on 100% dirt roads is their goal and I support that sort of adventure as well. …
Turning north onto Jackson Creek Ranch Rd, less than 100 mi to the Oregon border This year I am taking on a project to write a guide for touring The Black Rock Desert - High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area (NCA). While it seems to be a no-brainer that this is a hot …
Continue reading Black Rock Desert Project: Jungo Rd to Jackson Creek Ranch Rd
Looking back at the start of the ride, Hualapai Flat to Black Rock Desert Leadville Road from the start There are hundreds of miles of gravel roads and jeep trails around and through the Black Rock Desert - High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area (NCA). A bikepacker's paradise. Gerlach is the pedestal for …
Continue reading Ride Report; Washoe County Road 34, Leadville Rd
Bikepacking Northern Nevada 