Weekday Trail Outlook and Upcoming Events 4/25-5/01, 2022
Spring Gear Sale Events
May 7, 2022
Carson City Muscle Powered Gear Swap. The second annual Gear Swap presented by Muscle Powered. Buy and sell bikes, bike parts, hiking or backpacking gear, paddling stuff, snowshoes or ski gear, or pretty much any other gear for muscle-powered adventures (no hunting or used safety equipment please). Additional details and to registration to sell your stuff are available at their event website here.
May 14, 2022
Reno Kiwanis Biggest Little Bike Swap and Sale. This is a consignment sale so you bring your gear to be sold first thing in the morning, the sale runs all day, and you pickup what hasn’t sold at the end of the day. Kiwanis is charging 20% of sales as a fundraiser for their continued support of bike education and rehabilitation efforts. More details at their Facebook Events Page.
Trail Outlook: Spring Warmth & Afternoon Wind
I’m trialling a new map of conditions. Instead of writing pages of words on specific trail conditions, I’ve created a general map outlining where the rough boundaries are for either limited poor conditions or extensive poor conditions. See the image at the bottom of the post. If you like either the map or the long posts, please give me feedback so the site can be most useful for you.
I was wrong about the upper mountain last week. The snow above the trail on Mahogany Forest continues to melt and saturate the trail above the bench. Expect standing water and plenty of mud in the highest trail segments. The weather this week is looking fantastic for morning and midday outings. Winds are expected to pickup most afternoons but otherwise no adverse conditions expected. The trail surfaces dried quickly after this past storm cycle so expect late spring or even early summer dryness levels.
This Week’s Events
Tuesday, April 26:
5:00 pm
Reno Wheelmen are hosting their weekly Twilight Road Series Bike Race at Aircenter Circle this week. This is a criterium race requiring riders to compete wheel to wheel riding multiple laps of a paved course. Come on out to cheer riders on or race. Races are run in the order Beginner (Category C), Intermediate (Category B), and then Advanced (Category A) with checkin beginning at 5pm. There is no onsite registration. More details and registration link can be found on their event website here.
5:15 pm
Tuesday Night Ride Group (TNRG) is riding at the Ballardini Ranch Park. If you are new to TNRG rides, there is no mass start so bring a friend or introduce yourself to who ever is around when you set off. Ride as long as you like. Most TNRG rides will have an after ride social at the start point so if you want to join in, pay attention to the flow of riders heading back. Check their Facebook Group Page for the most current updates.
5:45 pm
Silver State Striders are running trails out of the Thomas Creek Horse Trailer parking lot with options of ~6 or ~9 miles. Meeting at the North end of Timberline road where the bathrooms and large gravel parking is. More details on their website.
Wednesday, April 27:
5:00 pm
Start Location Change Due to Construction Reno Wheelmen’s weekly Verdi road ride. Start and end at the CVS parking lot on California Avenue Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation building (50 Cowan Drive, 89509) in Idlewild Park between the train ride and the softball fields. There is a one time waiver to be signed so give yourself enough time before the 5pm roll out to set up and sign in. This is an out and back with social pace on the out and choose your own adventure pace on the way back. Lights, including rear red, and reflective attire suggested as well as be prepared to service your own flats should that happen.
Reno Tahoe Junior Cycle/ Reno Devo is holding their next Wednesday Night Worlds Short Track Cross Country mountain bike races at Hidden Valley Regional Park. These races happen every other week through July and funds raised go toward local youth athletes training and racing. Registration closes Monday night on the event website here. Even if you don’t race, come out and cheer on the racers and enjoy the local enthusiasm. Novice heats start at 5pm, Open rolls at 6:10pm.
Thursday, April 28:
6:30 am
Canceled due to Covid IsPeavineDry Dawn Patrol Ride. I’ll start at Keystone East and head up to the Radio Towers before wrapping clockwise through Upper Rancho and returning via the Rancho Connector. Expecting 60-90 minutes depending on pace (Usually Very Easy) and if we session the newly rebuilt upper UNR DH segment.
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Trail Karma Opportunity: Biggest Little Trail Stewards are calling for volunteers to help put the finishing touches on the recently rebuilt UNR Downhill trail North of the N. Details and RSVP information available at their Facebook Events Page here.
5:45 pm
Silver State Striders will be hillclimbing out and back on dirt from the Riverbend to the Sandy hill for ~8 miles. More details on their website.
6:30 pm
Biggest Little Trail Stewards’ monthly meeting will be held at MiCasa Too on West 4th Street in Reno. This meeting is open to the public and a great way to learn about what goes into the long term efforts around ensuring we have a sustainable and coordinated trail building community. More details available on their Facebook Events Page.
Saturday, April 30:
8:00 am
Silver State Striders are running a long hilly dirt loop up and around the South-West flank of Peavine starting from Riverbend and targeting ~26 miles in total. Additional details available on their Facebook Group Page.
That’s what’s on my radar at the moment. If you know of something I missed or is coming soon, send me an email and it might get listed. See you outside!
Mostly mud and water in the highlighted areas this week. April 25, 2022