Thanks, Mark for the great suggestion! Photo Joe B November 8-9, 2025 It is awesome that Mark Yakushev (@mark.yakushev) recommended we do this. For a guy from Scotts Valley/Santa Cruz, CA he loves coming out to the desert. Once we had a weekend I put it out on FB Events. It is a medium length …
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Ely Gravel Roundup 2025 (giving it a year suggests there will be roundups to follow) Square Top Sept. 11-19, 2025 It's kind of a big deal, Adventure Gravel Guides published a gravel guide to Ely/ White Pine County/ Eastern Nevada! I don’t know the full backstory on how this came to be but Kyle Horvath …
Sunrise bike tours August 26-29, 2025 This is the third time Bikepacking Northern Nevada goes to Burning Man. But I still don’t call myself a Burner. Maybe I’m getting closer to being an Earth Guardian. Maybe. Sunset bike tours Although I left the Reno Bike Project a couple of years ago I still enjoy volunteering …
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Waking up on the playa is a special experience, the Perseids Meteor Shower Campout is a great intro to camping on the Black Rock Desert. August 8-10, 2025 This is my 5th Perseids Meteor Shower Campout with Friends of Black Rock - High Rock. This was a special year celebrating 20 years of the Perseids …
Marc P enjoying all the highlights of the route; bikepacking on singletrack through the trees along Desert Creek. June 20-22, 2025 When asked about a favorite route I quickly come back to Desert Creek. I have written about it several times in Bikepacking Northern Nevada and visit the area on and off the bike several …
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Iconic High Rock! This photo was taken by Shay Daylami who was on the first High Rock Rides with Friends trip. Its never the same without you! June 6-8, 2025 My first tour through High Rock Canyon was the test for Rides with Friends, a bike touring program for Friends of Black Rock High Rock. …
Continue reading High Rock Canyon – Stevens Camp; National Trails Day 2025
Tonopah in the distance /toe-KNOW-pah/, pronounced Karen Jacobsen on Google Maps, not /Tone-Ah-Pah/ on my 4-ish hour drive to Tonopah, I’m not sure I want to go to Toe-NO-pah. Nevada’s place names are a challenge to outsiders and I don’t hold it against them, I know I couldn’t do better without hearing a local first. …
Doug A finishing his Burnt Cabin Loop, AKA Middlegate Madness Middlegate is a favorite route starting point for many reasons. The Middlegate Station is a great place for a post ride meal, resupply, a place to park, and easily accessible off US 50. It has a gas station and EV charging station, RV park, motel …
Pole Line Road - beautifully graded gravel, dry and goes forever First outing of 2025, where to go, how far, how long? It is great to have so many options! I was considering a Tonopah to Goldfield Loop, Imlay to Winnemucca Dunes, or a Pine Forest Range Loop. But rather than spending more time in …
Nye Canyon wash, not too snowy Getting home from Basin and Washes on November 23rd, I went straight to the calendar to see if there was an open weekend to offer a trip to our local group. It is a busy time of year. Probably no busier than any other but suddenly it is bookended …
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