Weekend Outlook 02/02-02/05, 2023

Weekend Events:

Here are the events that are on the radar for this weekend:

• Thursday, February 02:

  • 5:45 pm

    • Silver State Striders will be running 7 ish miles of hills starting and ending at Eclipse Running (Moana & Lakeside). Headlamps, traction devices, and reflective clothing are a must. Check their Facebook Group Page for more details. You can also find their training schedule on their website at this link.

• Friday, February 03:

  • 7:30 am

    • Radical Adventure Riders (RAR) Reno and Northern Nevada Bikepacking are teaming up to bring you Coffee Outside. This week’s morning cup of micro-adventure on bikes will meet at Plumas Park. More information about joining can be found by following @coffeeoutsidereno on Instagram.

• Saturday, February 04:

  • 9:00 am

    • Silver State Striders will be running 20ish miles of trail with plenty of hills starting and ending at the Cool Firestation trailhead in Cool, California. If you don’t want to drive over the hills, you can also coordinate local runs via their social media. Check their Facebook Group Page for more details. You can also find their training schedule on their website at this link.

Trail Outlook

• Freeze and thaw cycling through Saturday with a chance of wind and snow on Sunday. Soils on the mountain continue to be very wet right now and the warm days and cold nights will keep it that way. Any trailhead that is not paved is a mud hole right now and not expected to improve by the end of the weekend. There is plenty of powder over packed and groomed trails around Tahoe Meadows and Chickadee Ridge. If you head up to use the groomed trails, please stay right on the trails so that cross country skiers can enjoy the routes they have fundraised and volunteered to have up there. There is also enough snow that snowshoeing and fatbike riding in the Galena trail network is epic right now. Enjoy the winter wonderland and if you hit the resorts on Saturday, pack snacks and patience to sit in traffic.

If you are swapping the running and riding for a little back country sliding, check out the latest avalanche conditions over at Sierra Avalanche Center. The snowpack is diverse and conditions are location dependent. Knowing where to look can make the difference of coming home.

If you get out, let us know what you saw by submitting a trail report.

Be kind, be safe, and enjoy.

February 02, 2023 Conditions. Snow or very wet mud expected across the Peavine Trail network.