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 …
Continue reading Winter Solstice Overnight – Pine Grove Loop
An experiment in story telling. It is that gifting time of year. A favorite gift in recent memory is a pack of field notebooks and a small Space Pen. This gift was given with the idea that I could jot down notes on my trips to write better stories later. I am not a pen …
Continue reading Dark Sky’s Route – Daily Notes from the Saddle
Our second night, camped in the pinyons Is it Dark Sky’s or Dark Skies? At the start of the trip we still didn't have a name for the route. Doug liked Dark Sky's( or Skies?). I chose Dark Sky’s because I wanted it to say the route belongs to the Dark Sky. One may assume …
I am trying something new here - posting on upcoming events I am hosting. According to Facebook I have hosted 37 rides and 1 social as Kurstin Graham and 10 rides and 2 socials as Bikepacking Northern Nevada. The internet never forgets! While Facebook Events (Facebook Event here) provides an easy template to create a …
Continue reading Event: Rides with Friends Crown Jewel – Fly and High Rock Canyons
Nick LePalm gives his presentation at the Black Rock Rendezvous, all a part of Connect, Inspire, Protect 5/23-27/2024 I will stick by my assessment that BRR is the best event on the playa. It brings together the diversity of multiple user groups to show the many uses of the Black Rock Desert. The main host …
Continue reading Bikepacking into Black Rock Rendezvous; Rides with Friends #2
"Be the most generous as a host and the most resolute as a fighter." Bedouin proverb Sunrise over Lava Beds Camp / Eagle Rock Springs photo Jeff R “I have seen more horny toad lizards on this ride than in my entire life”, remarked Miles Gurtler. I’d agree. We saw a great diversity and abundance …
The Ward Charcoal Ovens in the January snow just outside of Ely, White Pine Co. 2023 was a full year with the goal of maximizing time outside and nights under the stars! Just as every ride inspires the next, so does each year. That is why I am calling this a year in review as …
This route was inspired by some of the research I made for my last newsletter and Doug Artman’s route the Sagebrush Ripple. From the Raine’s Market website there was an entry about Pritchard’s Station and a cross-reference with Atlas Obscura's entry on the stagecoach route between Eureka and Tybo. My understanding is Pritchard most likely …
Continue reading Short Tour; Pritchard’s Stagecoach Route Eureka -Tybo Loop + Kilns
Doug Artman came to me with a very ambitious route The Great Basin Criss-Cross, about 1,200 miles round trip from Carson City to Gandy, UT. I figured it would take 24+ days. But what an adventure! Rethinking the commitment Doug returned with a 350 mile-ish criss-crossing route in central Nevada named, *pending. Not a super …
Will Lumpkin making the biggest navigation decision in his life, Go Forward! Photo Ky Plaskon October 14-15, 2023 This year’s Rides with Friends crown jewel route was the Hot Springs - Micro Playa Loop. The route traveled northeast from 12 Mile playa access to Double Hot Springs, then south on the Applegate Emigrant Trail route, …
Continue reading Rides with Friends #7: Hot Springs – Micro-Playa Loop