February 2021 DPMR Board Member Renee Elsdon Jacobs of Caltopo.com led two virtual workshops on backcountry navigation for beginners using the free online mapping tool, CalTopo. In this workshop, attendees learned the fundamental tools on CalTopo, including how to create routes. Renee discussed in-field navigation using the Caltopo app, Avenza app, or a Garmin device (such as a watch […]
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From our friends: Salomon Trail Running Festival
September 8th @ Sierra at Tahoe September 9th @ Homewood Resort Race in the Tahoe 100K/25K (Register on ultrasignup: https://ultrasignup.com/entrants_event.aspx?did=56826) Don’t want to race? We’ll also have trail running clinics, demo opportunities, Salomon TV viewings, and community games happening all weekend long! More info at: https://www.salomonrunningfestival.com/races/tahoe200/
TRAILS & VISTAS Signature Art in Nature Events: Art Hikes & World Concert
WHAT: Trails & Vistas Art Hikes WHERE: Art Hikes: Donner Summit, Sierra Club’s Clair Tappaan Lodge, (10 minutes from Truckee, CA) WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 8 & Saturday, Sept. 9, 2018 TICKETS: $45 adult/$15.00 Child, available through Trails & Vistas website: www.TrailsAndVistas.org Trails & Vistas World Concert: A Peace Project of Truckee Tahoe September 8, 2018 music […]
Two Days, Two Tris
The Donner Triathlon Events take place over two days in July with a Sprint distance triathlon, Open Water Swims and Kids triathlons taking place on Saturday; and the Olympic and Half Ironman distance triathlons and Aquabike events taking place on Sunday. This year, I had the pleasure of competing in two of those events – […]
Burton Creek Half Marathon – June 18, 2017
The Burton Creek Trail Runs are part of the Tahoe Trail Running Series put on by Big Blue Adventure and include three distances which appeal to all abilities on the running spectrum – 6K, 12K and a Half Marathon. This year, Burton Creek took place on Father’s Day. I had signed up to run the […]
Waddle Ranch Half Marathon Course Recap
The Waddle Rach Half Marathon took place on June 4th, 2017 and is part of the Truckee Running Festival and the Tahoe Trail Running Series put on by Big Blue Adventure. If you’re a local Truckee runner, you have likely “explo-run-ed” Waddle Ranch. If you haven’t, you should as it’s one of the many local trail […]
Volunteer opportunities at Broken Arrow Skyrace
Calling all volunteers for help with the Broken Arrow Skyrace! We couldn’t have put on such fun and competitive races last year without our volunteers. They were AMAZING! If you aren’t already signed up to help out at the DPMR Aid Station at High Camp, it’s not too late to volunteer and join us for […]
Apenglow Mountain Festival – Summer
Alpenglow Sports is thrilled to announce the fifth annual summer edition of the Alpenglow Mountain Festival. The nine-day (June 17-25) North Lake Tahoe mountain-lifestyle festival, is a celebration of human-powered events, clinics, presentations and more. Geared for toward the beginner and intermediate mountain sports enthusiasts, the Alpenglow Mountain Festival will showcase some of the best […]
Broken Arrow Skyrace 2017 – registration opens October 1
We are very excited to announce that registration for the 2017 Broken Arrow Skyrace, presented bySalomon, opens this Saturday, October 1st at 8am PST! The event will occur on June 16-17th, 2017 at world-famous Squaw Valley, California! Donner Party Mountain Runners will receive 20% off their entry, by obtaining a discount code from secretary@donnerpartymountainrunners.com prior to entering. After the wonderful response […]
Mellow to Mellow, a mellow season-finale group run (50k)
Saturday, October 22 at 9 AM You’re probably going to run in the rain and drink beer this weekend anyway – you might as well do it with us. Donner Party Mountain Runners presents our INAUGURAL season-finale pub run. We’ll be running from Mellow Fellow Kings Beach to Mellow Fellow of Truckee and socializing there to finish […]