Weekend Outlook 3/31-4/03, 2022

Trail Karma Opportunity:

• Biggest Little Trail Stewards is collaborating on a fundraiser for two new park benches at Sierra Vista Park. The fundraising goal is $1500 and is about halfway funded. These benches will be much like the benches around the Peavine trail network and will be much appreciated. To donate on the go fund me campaign or share the link, click here.

Weekend Events:

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

• Thursday, March 31:

  • 5:45pm

    • Silver State Striders will be running out and back on dirt from Riverbend to Sandy Hill for ~8 miles. More details on their website.

  • 6:30 pm

    • Biggest Little Trail Stewards monthly meeting will be held at MiCasa Too on West 4th street. These meetings are open to anyone and a great way to learn about what goes on behind the scenes for trail planning, building, and repair. For more information, check out their Facebook event page.

• Saturday, April 2:

  • 8:00am

    • Silver State Striders are running Peavine this weekend. The run will start and end at Rancho San Rafael with multiple turnaround points offering up to 23 miles with a solid amount of climbing. More details on their Facebook Group Page.

Trail Outlook

Spring temps, blue skies, with evening breezes. No precipitation on the radar until Sunday evening and the only majorly gusty winds expected in Thursday and Sunday evenings. Trails continue to dry out and firm up. By the end of the weekend, Snow Terraces may even be firm but as of this morning it was still standing water and mud in multiple places. Snow, mud, and water above the Total Recall and Mahogany Benches in increasing amounts as you get higher. The spring flowers continue blooming all over the hill. Areas around the Hoge road trailhead and points north and west are blooming particularly thick for the region with yellows, pinks, and purples. I saw a few early Great Basin Lupine along the side of Crispy Bacon on the dawn patrol ride this morning (Thursday).

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. There is spring corn snow to be found but that also means heavy wet top layers sometimes over persistent weak spots. 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.

Snow and water are beginning to become limited to highest elevations but some isolated patches or water remain.