Nevada Rambler

First snowshoe hike of a very late winter season, a quick trip up to Tahoe Meadows overlooking Lake Tahoe.

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Another hike in the backyard on Peavine Peak.  Loop from starting from the Keystone East Trailhead, then the Keystone-Evans Connect Trail, Evans Creek Trail, and a single track bike trail from the top of Evans Creek Canyon to the Hoge Road area at the top of Keystone Canyon.

Statistics:
7.70 mi (3.45 mi uphill, 3.40 mi downhill, 0.84 mi flat)
900 ft total ascent – 16.9 %  uphill grade, 54.3 %  downhill grade
2:33:06 total time (2:28:43 moving, 0:04:23 stopped)
0:19:18 pace (3.1 mph average speed, 5.3 mph max speed)
19.7 difficulty, 46.5 effort

GeoLocator for latitude 39.5505600 longitude -119.8489838

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With no snow in the mountains, still, time for a hike in the back yard on Peavine Peak. The Wikiloc GPS track below includes the complete Halo Trail, a 9-mile single-track trail (GPS track) for non-motorized access that takes a high route from near the Hoge Road Trailhead to near the King’s Row Trailhead (trail starts at waypoints 39.57343° N 119.84850° W and 39.55083° N 119.87239° W, respectively) . The western part of the trail goes through the area of the  Green River fire on 7/29/2011, currently a bit of a moon-scape.  The 12.7-mile loop route  starts at the East Keystone Trailhead and goes up Keystone Canyon first. The loop back from King’s Row follows 4wd road 41643 and Leadership Pkwy. See the Poedunk website for other Peavine trail maps. There are many other possible loop trails in this area.

Statistics (as hiked):

13.77 mi (5.79 mi uphill, 5.44 mi downhill, 2.51 mi flat)
1400 ft total ascent – 10.5 % uphill grade, 38.4 % downhill grade
4:55:12 total time (4:35:23 moving, 0:19:49 stopped)
0:19:58 pace (3.0 mph average speed, 4.9 mph max speed)
14.6 difficulty, 31.9 effort

GeoLocator for latitude 39.5502510 longitude -119.8487778

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This is the (unofficial) Ridge Trail loop in Hidden Valley Regional Park (Washoe County Parks), Reno, Nevada.  Because of a network of use trails at the bottom and intersecting 4wd roads at the top, finding the best route is not easy. But the majority of the loop is on nice single-track, with some steep and loose areas. For the counter-clockwise direction, after the gate across the canyon opening, walk 100 ft and turn right on a less-distinct trail that heads up a rise then to the second ridge to the right. On the descent, the trail runs into the Highland Loop Trail near the bottom of the canyon.

Statistics:
4.43 mi (1.91 mi uphill, 2.09 mi downhill, 0.41 mi flat)
1100 ft total ascent – 17.7 %  uphill grade, 73.4 %  downhill grade
2:08:50 total time (1:56:48 moving, 0:12:02 stopped)0:26:20 pace
(2.3 mph average speed, 3.8 mph max speed)10.3 difficulty, 18.7 effort

GeoLocator for latitude 39.4859810 longitude -119.7109985

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We started this hike from the new Jones Creek Trailhead parking lot at Galena Creek Regional Park (Washoe County). There are two new connector trails to the Jones Creek – Whites Creek Loop trail, the total distance is about the same as from the old parking near the picnic area. Going to Church Pond would have added about one mile. It was a crisp winter day, nice in the sun on the way up the Jones Creek side but a  bit cold on the way down Whites Creek, which was partially frozen making two of the three crossings difficult.

Statistics:
9.29 mi (3.75 mi uphill, 4.50 mi downhill, 1.01 mi flat)
2150 ft total ascent – 15.2 %  uphill grade, 47.3 %  downhill grade 
4:14:11 total time (3:46:49 moving, 0:27:22 stopped)
0:24:22 pace (2.5 mph average speed, 25.9 mph max speed)
18.7 difficulty, 38.0 effort

GeoLocator for latitude 39.3620682 longitude -119.8574524