Nevada Rambler

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A great day for cross-country skiing at Kyburz Flats.  Except for a few bare spots on the first mile of Henness Pass Road from the highway (could have driven that), there was a perfect amount of snow: just enough to cover and ski on, but no effort to break a trail.  This route goes to the  Wheeler Sheep Camp (Basque shepherder oven exhibit), then around the Flats and up to a nice high meadow. The weather started out foggy, but turned sunny.

Statistics:

7.89 mi (2.67 mi uphill, 3.22 mi downhill, 1.97 mi flat)
500 ft total ascent – 9.1 % uphill grade, 92.4 % downhill grade
3:44:06 total time (3:32:25 moving, 0:11:41 stopped)
0:26:54 pace (2.2 mph average speed, 8.8 mph max speed)
5.5 difficulty, 9.3 effort

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A walk around (pun intended) the Labyrinth Garden and Wilbur May Arboretum at Rancho San Rafael Park.

Statistics:
2.79 mi (1.14 mi uphill, 1.04 mi downhill, 0.60 mi flat)
617 ft total ascent (402 ft descent) – 10.7 % uphill grade, 24.3 % downhill grade
0:56:33 total time (0:55:15 moving, 0:01:18 stopped)
0:19:47 pace (3.0 mph average speed, 5.0 mph max speed)
2.8 difficulty, 6.8 effort

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Taking advantage of our early snow storms this year, went snowshoeing at Tahoe Meadows. The usual fabulous views of Lake Tahoe.

Statistics:
3.22 mi (1.37 mi uphill, 1.26 mi downhill, 0.54 mi flat)
500 ft total ascent – 16.0 % uphill grade, 93.4 % downhill grade
2:41:25 total time (1:53:37 moving, 0:47:48 stopped)
0:35:14 pace (1.7 mph average speed, 4.7 mph max speed)
7.2 difficulty, 12.5 effort

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An invigorating Thanksgiving Day walk along the Truckee River Trail in Sparks, eastward from Rock Park past Glendale Park and Cottonwood Park. Cold but sunny day.

Statistics:
5.93 mi (1.93 mi uphill, 2.05 mi downhill, 1.95 mi flat)
437 ft total ascent (445 ft descent) – 6.8 % uphill grade, 28.3 % downhill grade
1:50:27 total time (1:48:39 moving, 0:01:48 stopped)
0:18:17 pace (3.3 mph average speed)
2.2 difficulty, 5.3 effort

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Steamboat Ditch trail, from the Michael D. Thompson Trailhead at Hunter Creek. Headed west along the water ditch for about three miles. Cold fall day. The ditch trail was a little muddy in some places from the rain earlier this week.

Statistics:

5.72 mi (1.92 mi uphill, 1.86 mi downhill, 1.92 mi flat)
449 ft total ascent (479 ft descent) – 6.7 % uphill grade, 15.5 % downhill grade
2:05:10 total time (1:54:23 moving, 0:10:47 stopped)
0:19:58 pace (3.0 mph average speed, 5.7 mph max speed)
2.297 difficulty, 4.662 effort