Weekend Outlook 03/02-03/05, 2023
Local Bike Industry Job Opening
The Reno Bike Project is looking to hire a bike riding instructor. The position will be working primarily with youth learners and requires being comfortable riding on roads with traffic. This is a great organization to work for on a mission to build a better bike community in the Truckee Meadows. For more information you can contact RBP through their website, RenoBikeProject.org, or follow them on Instagram @RenoBikeProject.
Weekend Events:
Everyone cancelled their outdoor events due to weather this weekend.
Trail Outlook
Thursday and Friday are expected to be sunny and calm with plenty of melting going on. Saturday and Sunday are expecting another significant snow storm that should will put down another layer of white stuff across all trails. No trails in western Nevada are expected to be snow free this weekend.
If you’re a mountain biker, now is an excellent time to beat the rush for spring bike maintenance at our local bike shops. Come March and April, wait times for annual fork and shock service can be as far out as May. Get your gear in for that tune up now so that you have a nice refreshed setup come prime spring conditions.
There are plenty of groomed trails around Tahoe Meadows and Chickadee Ridge. If you head up to use the groomed trails on foot, fatbike, or snowshoe, 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. This new round of snow may require packing down for fatbikes, but overall the snow riding and running conditions in the Truckee Meadows are at a historic high. Enjoy the winter wonderland and if you hit the resorts on Saturday, pack tire chains, snacks and patience.
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 has had a lot of dynamic conditions this week creating new hazards where there were none before. 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.
March 03, 2023 Conditions. Snow, ice, or very wet mud expected across the Peavine Trail network.