The Donner Party Mountain Runners are in full summer running mode! Our very own Castle Peak 100k trail race took place Saturday, August 24, 2019. This is Truckee’s premier ultrarunning event and it truly reinforces our mission to inspire runners of all abilities and experience levels. See our Castle Peak 100k website for more information. […]
Happening Now
Donner Party does Diamond Peak
After 36 hours on my feet, I awoke from a solid sleep to a honking horn. I was confused as I tried to understand the empty road between me and the traffic signal. I had fallen asleep while driving home from the Tahoe Rim Trail Endurance Runs (TRTER,) and I hadn’t even run the race. […]
Member Highlight – Meggie Inouye
Introduction by Renee Elsdon Jacobs: Meggie and my friendship is a testament to the “connect” element of the Donner Party Mountain Runners mission (“to inform, inspire, and connect mountain runners in Truckee-Tahoe”). I was so very fortunate that both Meggie and I were metaphorically in the same place at the same time last fall, looking […]
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 […]
Membership update
Beginning April 1st (no fooling) the membership to Donner Party Mountain Runners will be changing. We’re offering all the same great benefits but now at an even greater value— making club membership simple and affordable for all. 1-year Individual Membership: $201-year Household Membership: $353-year Individual Membership: $503-year Household Membership: $95 Now is the perfect time […]
DPMR Newbies Run Club
WHEN: April 9, 2019 @ 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm WHERE: Legacy Trail East River St Trailhead initially, future locations TBD COST: Free CONTACT: Steve Buelna (530) 414-4264 Have you been wanting to get out and run, but not up for a super long intense session? Come out and join Steve Buelna and crew for 8 weeks […]
Spring Speedwork is Back!
What: Speedwork When: Wednesdays at 6:00 PM beginning 3/13/19 Where: The Legacy Trail in Truckee. Meet at the East River St. bridge. Bring: a watch, possibly traction devices for your shoes Who: YOU! It’s hard to believe with all this white stuff around, but it’s time to start your speed training for the summer racing […]
Freshies for the Racing Gnome
The 2019 version of our beloved Racing Gnome Snowshoe Races was full of fresh snow fun on Sunday, February 3, 2019. That was before we were all so buried in the stuff that many are now “over it.” Ahhh, but just a few weeks ago we were relishing in the excitement of the first of […]
Dispatch from the Polar Vortex
The cold snap being felt throughout the Midwest is brutal. Here in the Keweenaw Peninsula we are ‘lucky’ to be buffered by Lake Superior, and our coldest temps this week are in the teens below zero, much preferred to 30 or 40 below, as our inland neighbors are experiencing. But being surrounded by Lake Superior […]
Snowshoe Running: Start here for free
Max Jones, famous for The Flume Trail and his long-time stewardship of the Spooner XC ski area, once told me that three things are needed for successful winter recreation: plowed parking, packed snow, and winterized restrooms. As you can imagine, these things cost money. California SNO-PARK is one program that provides winter trail access for […]
