Snow and Ice to Ring in the New Year

• This will be a great week if you are one of those people that loves the snow winter activities. The worst of the storms has tapered off and it will stay cold and dry for the weekday with flurries from time to time. Low temperatures overnight are expected to be near records especially later in the week so even if we get some daytime thawing, expect region wide hard freezes by sunrise. Have a great last week of 2021 and safe adventures to everyone reading this.

Trail Karma Opportunities:

Sierra Vista Pump Track Fundraising

• Less than one week left, lets see if we can push this over the $11k mark. Check out the recent local news coverage clip here and to donate and for more information, click through to the GoFundMe site.

Hidden Valley Regional Park Master Plan

• If you were unable to attend the open house, you can still view all the concept art here and provide your input by filling out the survey here. There are some cool proposals in this art and Washoe County parks staff are definitely listening.

Carcione and Canepa Ranch Master Plan

• On the West end of the valley, at Mogul, there are two properties owned by the county and set aside as open space with long term plans to develop into parks. These are the Carcione and Canepa Ranch properties that span the river to the east of the Belli Ranch neighborhood, west of the Tom Cooke trails, and south of the freeway and train tracks. The county held an initial survey and public input meeting via zoom and now you can watch that meeting recording on youtube and provide additional input via filling out this survey by January 7, 2022.

This Week’s Events

• Tuesday, December 28:

• 5:45pm

  • Silver State Striders will be running at Bartlett Ranch Regional park. Departing from the Huffaker school parking lot, there are hilly 5 and 7.5 mile options. Lights and reflective attire required and traction aids a strong suggestion due to winter conditions. More details on their website.

• Thursday, December 30:

  • 5:45pm

    • Silver State Striders will be running at Bartlett Ranch Regional park. Departing from the Huffaker school parking lot, there are hilly 6 and 8 mile options. Lights and reflective attire required and traction aids a strong suggestion due to winter conditions. More details on their website.

• Saturday, January 01:

  • 9:00am

    • Silver State Striders are hosting their annual New Years Day run and running a modified silver state half route starting at Rancho San Rafael Museum/Gift Shop parking lot. Traction aids a strong suggestion due to winter conditions. More details 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!