Monthly ArchiveAugust 2006
Mountain Biking 20 Aug 2006 08:29 pm
Squaw Valley Peak
A great mountain bike ride with Joe and Michael, loop around Squaw Valley Peak via McReynolds Valley and Siegfried Canyon, in area 10 miles north of Beckwourth, CA. This ride features interesting terrain, forests, meadows, and lava flows, a climb up a dirt/rock road in Siegfried Canyon, and a glorious descent on the paved road back to Squaw Valley.
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Statistics:
18.60 mi (3.84 mi uphill, 5.56 mi downhill, 9.12 mi flat)
900 ft total ascent – 9.9 % uphill grade, 7.6 % downhill grade
4:02:35 total time (3:03:55 moving, 0:58:40 stopped)
0:09:52 pace (6.1 mph average speed, 29.1 mph max speed)
8.659 difficulty, 21.115 effort
Pacific Crest Trail & Tahoe OGUL Peak List 12 Aug 2006 11:59 pm
Sierra Buttes/Lakes Basin
A great trip with M. to Sierra Buttes, to the lookout and Little Deer Lake along the Pacific Crest Trail.
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Sierra Buttes is on the Tahoe OGUL peak list.
Weather forecast for Sierra Buttes/Lakes Basin.
News 12 Aug 2006 07:57 am
Peavine on Fire
A brush fire on Peavine Peak started on Friday 8/11/2006 in Verdi and burned 10 square miles of open land. This panorama (click on the photo to enlarge) was taken on the morning of 8/12/2006 from I-80 west of Reno, as Michael and I were escaping to the mountains. The fire was mostly contained by Sunday.
Tahoe Rim Trail 06 Aug 2006 11:36 pm
Tahoe Rim Trail, Tahoe Meadows to Brockway Summit
Section 2 of the Tahoe Rim Trail, Mt. Rose Summit Trailhead to Brockway Summit Trailhead, with Michael and Ben, 19.7 miles. One-way hike with car shuttle from Mt. Rose Summit Trailhead to Brockway Summit Trailhead. The car shuttle is 15.3 miles. This section of the TRT largely follows ridgelines between Relay Peak and Martis Peak, with great views of Tahoe and the backcountry of the Mt. Rose Wilderness Area. The trail is well marked, except for an ambiguous sign at (39.29006,120.02702)–at this point follow the main dirt road past two turnoffs (not one) for 1/2 mile (not 1/4 mile) to where the single-track TRT resumes. Two sections down, six to go!
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Track 1 (Mt. Rose Summit to Relay Peak)
Track 2 (Relay Peak to state line)
Track 3 (state line to Brockway Summit)
Statistics:
19.7 mi (7.39 mi uphill, 10.39 mi downhill, 2.10 mi flat)
~2600 ft total ascent (~4600 ft descent) – 10.2 % uphill grade, 12.7 % downhill grade
8:07:37 total time (7:12:27 moving, 0:55:10 stopped)
0:21:38 pace (2.8 mph average speed, 6.9 mph max speed)
18.142 difficulty, 35.558 effort