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 launched last week. 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 24:

  • 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.

• Saturday, March 26:

  • 8:00am

    • Silver State Striders are running canyons in California this weekend. The run will start and end at Forest Hill school with multiple turnaround points offering up to 26 miles. More details on their Facebook Group Page. There are also members looking for local run partners posting on their Facebook page if you can’t manage an out of town trip.

Trail Outlook

Seasonally hot with evening winds. No precipitation on the radar until Sunday evening and only gusty winds in the later afternoons and evenings make for an absolutely great outdoors weekend. Trails are drying up nicely with only limited snow and mud around the most north facing or high elevation areas. This week saw the upper segment of Crispy Bacon dry out so now you can get all the way up to the snow line at the Mahogany Bench via the Bacons. While you are out, take a moment to notice all the spring flowers blooming. Areas around the Hoge road trailhead and points north and west are blooming particularly thick for the region with yellows, pinks, and purples.

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.