My friend Dean had originally led me up Lagomarsino Canyon to the petroglyph site a couple years ago. To this day I rate it a top 5 or top 3 outing in the Reno area. But it in not the greatest ride. The trail from Lockwood along Dry Valley Creek is incomplete, phantom, rugged, underwater, and …
I was not sure I wanted to spend another day in Lagomarsino Canyon. It is one of my favorite places do to its surprising geology and biodiversity. After a very technical 5 mile ride it opens to the Lagomarsino Petroglyphs, one of North America's premier locations for rock art. But there are so many new …
I had first read about a ride to the Lagomarsino Petroglyphs in the dated Reno/ Carson City mountain bike guidebook. Although at the time I intended to do all the rides in that guidebook I never got around to this one. Once I had ridden out Louse Town Rd and onto dirt roads above Reno …
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Petroglyphs above Sparks, NV I first heard about riding in this area from a dated guide book to mountain biking the Reno/ Carson City trails when I moved to Reno in 1999. It took 15 years and an interest in the section of single track called "The Zipper" to spend some time in this area. …
