Weekend Outlook 05/04-05/07, 2023

Trail Karma Opportunity:

• Saturday, May 06:

  • City of Reno is opening their brand new Adaptive Cycling Center in partnership with Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation at the Rosewood Nature Study area. The grand opening could still use a few more volunteers. They are specifically looking for cyclist that can accompany adaptive bike users on paved and dirt trails. For more information on the event, check out the facebook events page linked here. To volunteer, contact April Wolfe through the City of Reno Adaptive Cycling website linked here.

• Saturday, May 20:

  • Silver State Striders are looking for volunteers to help staff their annual Silver State 50/50 trail race on Peavine. This is a great way to have fun outside, give back to the trail community, and meet a lot of very appreciative runners. For more information about the race and to contact them to volunteer, check out their event website linked here.

Weekend Events:

• Thursday, May 04:

  • 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 30ish mostly paved miles around Southwest Reno 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.

    • Truckee Meadows Bike Alliance and Bike Night Reno will be hosting a special May the 4th Star Wars themed bike event at Craft Wine & Beer. As their name suggests, this is a night ride so lights are required. Prizes will be awarded to the first handful of riders who show up theme correct. For more information, follow @bikenightreno on instagram.

• Saturday, May 06:

  • 8:00 am

    • Silver State Striders will be running 22 ish miles of trails and hills starting and ending at River Bend and heading out into Dog Valley and Long Valley. Check their Facebook Group Page for more details. You can also find their training schedule on their website at this link.

  • 9:00 am

    • City of Reno is opening their brand new Adaptive Cycling Center in partnership with Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation at the Rosewood Nature Study area. For more information, see the trail karma blurb at the top.

Trail Outlook

• This last storm put a LOT of water back into the soil. But the sun came out Wednesday afternoon so we may have hero dirt by Thursday morning. Thursday-Saturday are showing chances of rain and thunderstorms so depending on amounts, early mornings this weekend will be either primetime or peanut butter time. Sunday is looking the absolute best right now for excellent all day conditions out on the dirt. Some upper mountain trails are still impacted by remaining snow. Most of the lower mountain and most regional parks and trails are expected to be otherwise 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.

• Other than the new fresh snow, the majority of snow on the mountain has pulled back to above the Total Recall Bench. Between TR bench and Mahogany Bench, snow lingers on many trails or indirectly is melting onto the trails leaving large mud sections. Mahogany bench itself is still encased in snow and the Mahogany Forest trail climbing to Peavine access road has a number of large snow fields covering it still.

• 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 this weekend, just advising extreme caution. There will be closures starting monday. See below for details.

Truckee Meadows Trail Damage:

• Peavine’s Keystone Canyon is washed out for a couple hundred yards above the intersection with the Fisticuffs trail.

• Lower Thomas and White’s creek trails are dry but both feature major washouts and creek running in trail sections. Please avoid for the time being as there are no easy reroutes for the damaged areas.

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 snow and heat cycling 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.

May 03, 2023 Conditions. Snow, ice, or very wet mud expected above the Mahogany Bench. Mixed conditions between the Total Recall and Mahogany Benches.