Weekend Outlook 04/20-04/23, 2023
Weekend Events:
Thursday, April 20:
5:45 pm
Silver State Striders will be running 8 ish miles of hills starting and ending at River Bend. Check their Facebook Group Page for more details. You can also find their training schedule on their website at this link.
6:00 pm
The Reno Hustle will roll 27ish mostly paved miles of the Verdi loop starting and ending at the Wells Fargo parking lot at California Ave and Arlington Blvd. This is a social paced ride open to all. Bring lights and a be prepared to fix your own flats. For more information follow @therenohustle on Instagram.
Friday, April 21:
7:15 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 Dick Taylor Park. More information about joining can be found by following @coffeeoutsidereno on Instagram.
Saturday, April 22:
8:00 am
Silver State Striders are running 18-21 miles of mixed road and dirt from Pinehaven in southwest Reno. Check their Facebook Group Page for more details. You can also find their training schedule on their website at this link.
Trail Outlook
After our recent review of why we all just can’t even anymore winter, spring is coming back. Excellent trail conditions and warm calm weather across the region on the outlook. Upper mountain trails are still impacted by remaining snow, but much of the lower mountain and other regional parks and trails are dry and popping with wildflowers. See you on the trail!
This winter has reshaped a LOT of trails. Keep your head up and speed down even on trails you knew well last season. Nearly every trail has new hazards this year.
North Valleys facing trails and any single track climbing out of Hoge road, or more northern access points, are still holding snow and generating mud especially above the Total Recall Bench. Halo, Bacon Strip, Stagecoach, Norton’s Toll Road, Three Trees, and Total Recall all feature mud or snow in increasing amounts as you get higher and away from downtown facing.
Tahoe Pyramid Trail in the canyon between Truckee and Verdi is beginning to clear up. There are some significant trail damage sections but TPT reports they are not closing the trail, just advising extreme caution.
Peavine Trail Damage: Keystone Canyon is washed out for a couple hundred yards above the intersection with the Fisticuffs trail.
Local Trail Closure: In Carson City, King’s Canyon loop and waterfall trails are closed due to a rock fall. Check out the monster boulder and debris field on Carson City Parks and Open Space’s Facebook page here.
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. Spring heat brings new risks in the backcountry. 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.
April 20, 2023 Conditions. Snow, ice, or very wet mud expected above the Total Recall Bench and most North facing slopes.