Date: Monday, August 10th 2015 Type: Out & Back Start/Finish: Dirt parking lot just to the West of Sugar Bowl Road. Click Here for map. Distance: 5ish miles – it’s hard to tell since the GPS signal is spotty in the tunnels. Elevation: 500 ft +/-, but again the GPS data is questionable. According to […]
Boreal to Old 40 Trail Teaser Wrap Up
Date: Monday, August 3rd 2015 Type: Out & Back Start/Finish: Donner Summit California State Snopark – click here for map. Distance: 7.5 miles (options to run on to Mexico, or Canada for that matter) Elevation: 1,136 ft Special thanks: to Lesley Dellamonica for marking the trail & Jon Emis for always ensuring we all make it […]
Recipe of the Month – Spinach Pesto Pasta
This recipe takes about as much time as it takes to boil pasta. It’s quick and delicious. I usually double the recipe both because we eat a lot and because we like to have left overs for lunches. The measurements below serve two hungry adults, or four as a side dish. INGREDIENTS: 4 ounces fresh […]
Martis Valley Trail Teaser Wrap Up
Date: Monday July 20th, 2015 Type: Loop Start/Finish: Parking Lot off of 267/N. Shore Road – see map below Distance: 4.2 miles Elevation: 392 ft SUMMARY: This run is a short and sweet 4 mile loop, but there are several options to increase mileage and add on with different routes. You can take a look […]
JPs Trail Teaser Wrap Up
Date: Monday, July 13 2015 Type: Out & Back Start/Finish: Dead end of Cold Stream Road behind Donner Memorial State Park (click here for map) Distance: 3 miles (options to go further) Elevation: 571 ft SUMMARY: This unexpectedly beautiful trail begins and ends on the paved portion of Cold Stream Road, just behind Donner Memorial […]
Waddle Ranch Trail Teaser Wrap Up
Date: Monday, July 6, 2015 Course Type: Lollypop Start/Finish: Gravel parking lot on the right just past the Northstar golf-course on Highway 267/N Shore Rd. Click here for more detailed map of start location. Distance: 5.5 miles Elevation: 587 ft SUMMARY: This Trail Teaser was in Waddle Ranch Wednesday territory! After parking in the gravel lot […]
Euer Valley Trail Teaser Wrap Up
Date: Monday, June 29, 2015 Course Type: Loop Start/Finish: Tahoe Donner Equestrian Center Distance: 5 miles (distance easily modified with endless options for add-ons, see trail map below) Elevation: 524 ft SUMMARY: We began this run on a dirt path that starts at the parking lot entrance to the Equestrian Center and parallels Alder Creek Road for […]
5 Lakes Trail Teaser Wrap Up
Date: Monday, June 22, 2015 Course Type: Out & Back Start/Finish: Alpine Meadows Road & Deer Park Drive (the second Deer Park intersection – it’s a loop and intersects Alpine twice) Distance: 4 miles (option to run all the way to Mexico when you connect up with the PCT) Elevation: 1,034 ft (all concentrated in the […]
Sagehen Trail Teaser Wrap Up
DPMR Trail Teaser Wrap Up – Sagehen Creek Date: Monday, June 15, 2015 Course Type: Out & Back Start/Finish: Sagehen Creek Trailhead (approx. 6.8 miles north of Truckee on Highway 89) Distance: 4.5 miles (options to go further) Elevation: 177 ft (truly flat – not “Tahoe Flat”) SUMMARY: After a short carpool from the Truckee […]
Carpenter Valley Trail Teaser Wrap Up
DPMR Trail Teaser Wrap Up – Carpenter Valley Road to Secret Trail Date: Monday, June 1, 2015 Course Type: Out & Back Start/Finish: Alder Creek Rd & Carpenter Valley Rd (Tahoe Donner – Truckee, CA) Distance: 3.4 miles (with option to go further) Elevation: 600 +/-ft SYNOPSIS: 20 DPMR members rallied on Monday, June 2, […]