Pine Nuts Pedaler Project Marc and I were riding the Mt Seigle loop last April and I wondered out loud, "How could we see all the routes we ride in an area in a single view? Wouldn't that be cool for an area as popular as the Pine Nuts?" How did I get here? Where …
Continue reading Pine Nuts Pedaler Project; Crowd Source Mapping the Pine Nut Mountains
April 13, 2020- Locally there has been a lot of buzz around the Pine Nut Mountains. These are the prominent mountains along the east side of Carson City, Minden and Gardnerville. Using Google Maps I measure the range to be about 38 miles long, from the Carson River near Dayton in the north to Highway …
Continue reading Ride Report; Mt. Seigel Loop, Pine Nut Mountains
Dean Magnuson and I had worked our way south from Dayton via Eldorado Cyn to Sunrise Pass Rd before looping back on Old Como Rd. This was my first experience on Sunrise Pass. Since then I had studied the maps but couldn't find an obvious loop through the Pine Nuts to the south. It looked …
Continue reading Sunrise Pass Rd. through the Pine Nut Mountains
This was my fifth trip into the Pine Nut Range so I feel like I am becoming familiar with these roads. But that really is a false sense of familiarity as the OHV users in this area really have a vast network of roads and jeep trails at their disposal. When Dean and I did …
Continue reading Ride Report; Brunswick Cyn, Pine Nut Mtn Range
This was my third trip out to Fort Churchill State Park and I am liking it more with each visit. On this trip I wanted to explore Adrian Valley and a feature on the map called the Churchill Narrows. I am looking for various routes into the Pine Nut Mountains and I have traced this …
Continue reading Ride Report; First Ride in Adrian Valley and Churchill Narrows
This ride was originally inspired by Bike Your Park Day promoted by the Adventure Cycling Association. As a result this was my third trip into the area completing the 15 miles of gravel road on Fort Churchill Rd along the Carson River. For this ride I invited Raymond Eliot, of our Smoke Creek Desert adventures …
Sullivan Canyon Road is CLOSED. What a great way to start a ride description. After riding Old Como Rd and Eldorado Canyon I have been scanning the maps of the Pine Nut Mountains to pick out other routes. Sullivan Canyon seemed like a logical pick, it branches off Eldorado Canyon to the west and has …
I told Dean he would love this ride. "Where are we going?" "It's a secret. But be prepared it will be hot, 40+ miles, and about 5000 feet of climbing. We will be out all day. You will love it!" After the first hour or so of climbing Eldorado Cyn. Dean asked me, "how did …
The Pine Nut Mountains are calling. This range stretches 30 miles from US Highway 50 in the north to State Route 208 in the south. This is my first ride in this area and it left me looking forward to my next ride. The seed of the Pinyon Pine is the mountains' name sake and …
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