On Saturday, August 21, 2021, at 6:00 pm, Donner Party Mountain Runners will honor our friend Lucas Horan with a Full Moon Howl and Whiskey Toast on Tinkers Knob, preceding a party in the parking lot at the Old 40 Bar and Grill on Donner Summit. This run is a self-supported fat-ass-style adventure outing on […]
Missing Lucas
The DPMR family lost one of our own on Christmas Eve. Lucas Horan (39) was taken from this life far too soon and has left a deep void in our hearts and on the trails. We send our deepest condolences to Lucas’s family and loved ones in the wake of this devastating loss. Lucas embodied […]
Racing Gnome 2020: A test for the Unafraid
The Racing Gnome 5k & 10k snowshoe races, put on by the Donner Party Mountain Runners at Auburn Ski Club, took place on a very cold and blustery Sunday, February 9, 2020. The event was organized by Helen Pelster and Peter Fain as co-Race Directors, and Peter once again designed the course, with optimal suffering in […]
Top 10 DPMR stories of 2019
Every year DPMR’s accomplish great feats, overcoming internal challenges and pushing through, listening to that quiet inner voice that urges “you can do this”. And after it’s all said and done, we look back at our personal successes and rejoice. Here are a few of your favorite tales of triumph in 2019.
Member Highlight: Jon Murchinson
Jon Murchinson has been an active club volunteer since 2014, DPMR Board Member since 2017, the main force behind the DPMR Instagram page for the past few years, and is also going on three years of serving as chair of our Retail Committee (thanks for all the awesome swag, Jon!). When not volunteering for the […]
DPMR Trail Work Day
Saturday, September 21, 2019 DPMR will be joining forces with our friends at the Truckee Donner Land Trust for another trail work day on our beloved Donner Lake Rim Trail. Please click this link to sign up. Further details will be emailed from Kevin Starr at the Land Trust. Questions? Please contact Betsy Nye, our […]
2019 Trail Work Schedule
Trail Stewardship has always been a core value dear to our DPMR hearts – and the relentless winters of 2017 and 2019 have proven to be especially taxing on the trails we cherish. Join us for some upcoming trail work days – we promise, as always, it’ll be GOOD, DIRTY FUN! Our first DPMR 2019 […]
Member Highlight – Betsy Nye
If you’ve ever run with Betsy, you probably experienced a bit of excitement mixed with terror after she grunted “good Hardrock training” right around the time you realized the trail was long gone, you were almost certainly lost, and the manzanita had only grown more ominous. Last fall, Betsy led a group of us on […]
Member Highlight – Simone Winkler
Simone’s enthusiasm for life, friendship, running, Truckee, and all things Austrian are contagious. I recently watched a video of Simone explaining her career path (biomedical engineering) to Austrian school children and even though I couldn’t understand anything she was saying, I was enchanted by her passion and gusto. I’m proud to introduce you to our […]
Member Highlight – Renee Elsdon Jacobs
(Intro by Chris Cloyd) Renee Elsdon Jacobs is a Truckee-based mountain runner/mama bear/engineering superhero. She’s been a huge influence on me, personally, and helped me push my mountain skills to better serve my own playtime in the mountains. Renee’s a talented runner, mountaineer, splitboarder, and climber – her versatility is as impressive as her character. […]
