Winter in northern Nevada can be a tricky time to ride in the dirt. We have some of the stickiest peanut butter like clay conditions mixed in with our steep rocky sandy back roads and trails. This year has been particularly wet, which is great for our drought stressed wildlife and agriculture, but challenging when …
The question came up, maybe you don't write about the Incandescent Rocks. Well, here it is, such a unique environment I can't help but to hope people visit it, respect it, and share it with others. What I could not figure out was how after living here and being a part of the outdoor community …
I don't think of backroads when I think of Peavine because it has been a great source of single track ever since the Poedunks have been filling the south eastern quadrant of the mountain with quality trail. But this is not to overshadow the many great forest service and other backroads on Peavine. The most …
Continue reading Peavine Mountain; Reno’s Backdoor source for Backroads
Winnemucca Ranch Rd (WRR for brevity's sake) has always drawn me to it and I would pick it as Reno's number one gravel-grinder. Located off Pyramid Highway about half way between Sparks and Pyramid Lake it is easy access to a vast network of dirt roads between prominent mountain ranges dry lake playas. My first …
Continue reading Ride Report; Winnemucca Ranch Rd and Tule Peak
This is the second annual Reno Bike Project Staff Retreat. Last year we did a tour of the south end of the Black Rock Desert out of Gerlach to Frog Pond hot springs. The entire trip was a highlight, but dinner at Bruno's and a dip in the Mud Pot hot springs were some favorites. …
I look around the northern Nevada landscape and wonder where that road off in the distance goes. From experience it is easy to dismiss distant roads as, they are probably too steep, too loose, too sandy, too muddy or too rocky. They probably go nowhere, dead-end on a ridge or in the bottom of a …
I laugh every time I think of the road we were on is called County Highway 293. I would not think twice if it was called a county road, to me that encompasses any path through the county with any official designation. But I think a highway needs to be some form of uniform surface, …
One of the great things about living in Reno is the proximity of great dirt road adventure right on the edge of town. I do not need to load up the car to drive to where the pavement ends. Today I wanted to check out the Truckee River corridor and ride east to Lockwood. I …
Continue reading Getting Out of Town on Dirt; East to Lockwood
I have talked about this road in a previous ride report as well as a part of the Hunter Lake Rd area but had never fully explored the road. As posted at its beginning it is essentially an out and back trip that ends at a private road in the Truckee River canyon between Reno …
Continue reading Garson Road; Lessons learned on a gem of a route!
I first came across this ride in a guide book to Reno and Carson Cities' mountain bike rides. It was originally a test of fitness to climb this old stage coach grade and a patch of dry dirt to ride on the east side of Reno if the west side was wet or snowy. It …
Continue reading Old Toll Road: Gateway to Virginia and Flowery Ranges