Looking up from the top of Chidago Canyon Road, great quality gravel roads April 8, 2025 Benton Hot Springs is located in the Blind Spring Valley of Mono County, California. Zooming out to Benton Valley and Range, the private campground is in the shadow of Boundary (13,147') and Montgomery Peaks (13,441') of the Inyo National …
The more we use our public lands the more we learn about how they are managed and protected for future generations. The Pah Rah Range is a backwards C-shaped range from the Truckee River in the south to Pyramid Lake in the north. Its proximity to Reno/Sparks and established Public Lands Access points makes it …
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"So, how much does your bike weigh?" Lennart, Nick, Carrie, Ky, myself, and Lily in her best orange jacket. Does my bike look fat? Banner photo and this by Shay I don't ask that question. But it gets asked of me more often than not. I'd be lying if I said I never wondered about …
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. …