At the end of January this year, I hopped into Michelle’s car and followed my good friends Jesika and Matt Reimer to the Wallowa mountain range in Northeast Oregon. We were accompanied by Ripple, Pliny, Polar, Sloan, Fishy, Harper, Solow, Arrow, Norquay, Nakiska, Sunny, Marmot, and Revi – 13 delightfully adorable Alaskan huskies. Michelle and […]
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Ask the Board – What Running Shoes are you Loving Right Now?
It seems like runners are always in search of the perfect shoe. Just when you find one, the manufacturer changes the design, or it gets discontinued, or you realize it’s causing an injury or…. and your search resumes. Unfortunately, running shoes are highly personal. So, anyone that suggests they can tell you what the right […]
Book of the Month: The Impossible First by Colin O’Brady
If you need to cool down on your summer runs, this month’s book is taking you across Antarctica. This is Colin O’Brady’s memoir (and he reads the audio book). I had never heard of him but thoroughly enjoyed discovering his journey. While not exactly about running (pulling a 300 pounds sledge on skis isn’t exactly […]
DPMR partners with Keep Tahoe Blue for clean-up days at Brockway Summit!
Stewardship is at the core of who we are at Donner Party Mountain Runners so please join us for 2 separate clean-up days this summer and help keep the trailheads we all use litter-free. In partnership with Keep Tahoe Blue and the Tahoe Blue Crew, DPMR is again adopting the Brockway Summit parking area and […]
TRT Aid Station Volunteers Needed!
If you’ve ever run a race you know how important volunteers are- quite simply, without them most events would not happen. And this summer we need your help! Donner Party Mountain Runners is proud to captain the Diamond Peak Aid Station at the upcoming TRT Endurance Run on July 16-17. There are volunteer shifts from […]
The Donner Party Mountain Runners Summer Picnic, presented by Tahoe Mountain Sports
LAST CALL– The DPMR Summer Picnic, Kids Race, and Group Runs is this upcoming Sunday, June 5th!! We’ll be providing lunch (a Golden Rotisserie taco bar), dessert and beverages, so please RSVP so we know how many hungry runners to feed. There will be two group runs before the picnic:Route 1: West End Beach to […]
Where To Go For a Vert Sufferfest
Trail running is often times synonymous with lots of elevation gain, whether that be simply because that’s where the trails are (going up and down passes, mountains and drainages), or because it seems to be a point of pride among race directors to make their events more grueling than the next. Many of us are […]
DPMR at UTMB 2022
One of the greatest trail running races and festivals in the world is happening in Chamonix, France from August 22-28 – the Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc or UTMB, which many consider the de facto World Championship of trail running. Nearly 10,000 athletes will compete over 7 races of various distances throughout the week, culminating […]
DPMR Weekly Social Run & Hangout @ Alibi Public House, Truckee
We are excited to create even more opportunity for connections for Tahoe/Truckee mountain runners by kicking off a weekly social run on Tuesday evenings starting on May 17th to go through our 2022 running season until sometime mid-Fall. Photo credit: Krissi Polentz These runs will depart from the Trout Creek Pocket Park, northwest corner of Bridge and Jiboom […]
Introducing the 2022 Point Mariah Trail Marathon
In 2022, DPMR will be hosting a brand new race in the Tahoe-Truckee area – the Point Mariah Trail Marathon! With immense gratitude to the Truckee Donner Land Trust, the course will primarily run through the protected Royal Gorge land near Soda Springs, CA. Special thanks to our other land use partners at the Soda Springs […]
