Weekend Outlook 4/28-5/01, 2022

Spring Gear Sale Events

• May 7, 2022

  • Carson City Muscle Powered Gear Swap. The second annual Gear Swap presented by Muscle Powered. Buy and sell bikes, bike parts, hiking or backpacking gear, paddling stuff, snowshoes or ski gear, or pretty much any other gear for muscle-powered adventures (no hunting or used safety equipment please). Additional details and to registration to sell your stuff are available at their event website here.

• May 14, 2022

  • Reno Kiwanis Biggest Little Bike Swap and Sale. This is a consignment sale so you bring your gear to be sold first thing in the morning, the sale runs all day, and you pickup what hasn’t sold at the end of the day. Kiwanis is charging 20% of sales as a fundraiser for their continued support of bike education and rehabilitation efforts. More details at their Facebook Events Page.

Weekend Events:

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

• Thursday, April 28:

  • 5:45 pm

    • Silver State Striders will be hillclimbing out and back on dirt from the Riverbend to the 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 in Reno. This meeting is open to the public and a great way to learn about what goes into the long term efforts around ensuring we have a sustainable and coordinated trail building community. More details available on their Facebook Events Page.

• Friday, April 29:

  • 9:00 am

    • Trail Karma Opportunity: Biggest Little Trail Stewards are looking for a few helping hands to water the recently reshaped UNR DH trail. Additional details and RSVP phone number available on their Facebook Event Page.

• Saturday, April 30:

  • 8:00 am

    • Silver State Striders are running a long hilly dirt loop up and around the South-West flank of Peavine starting from Riverbend and targeting ~26 miles in total. Additional details available on their Facebook Group Page.

Trail Outlook

Not perfect, but damn nice. Afternoon gusty winds for all but Friday and a tiny chance of water overnight Saturday to Sunday. Otherwise, warm sunny spring days this weekend and a newly reshaped UNR Downhill trail make for a very nice outlook. The only remaining area of possible water is the upper mountain. Early this week reports were that it still had far too much water so I’m leaving the warning up until I either get up there and confirm improved conditions, or a trail report comes in. Overall through, remember your water and sunscreen and enjoy!

If you are swapping the running and riding for the last of the back country sliding, check out the latest avalanche conditions over at Sierra Avalanche Center. The corn snow is becoming more partitioned but late season avalanches have taken a harsh toll in the sierras in years past. 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.

Plenty of water and mud still above Mahogany Bench.