Chris Smallcomb is a DPMR member and a Meteorologist at the National Weather Service – Reno. Hey everyone! Well, welcome to summer. We’ve already had a couple rounds in the furnace and even though we’re in a serious drought, summer thunderstorms can still be an issue for us out in the mountains. To that point, […]
Trail Conditions
Spring Trail Conditions Update
It’s that time again! Our local trails are melting out quickly. Use the google sheet below to check out current conditions or update after your run. Spring 2020 Trail Conditions Please keep yourself informed of the current restrictions and guidelines from the CDC and state and local governments regarding social distancing, area closures, recreating close […]
Update from Truckee Donner Land Trust Trail Ops 2020
From our friends at the Land Trust – Watch for TDLT/DPMR Trail Work Days on the calendar coming soon. It’s shaping up to be another full summer of trail work for the Truckee Donner Land Trust (TDLT)! Last year we saw the completion of four new miles of Donner Lake Rim Trail connecting from the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Trail Work Parties
Post written by Kevin Starr, Truckee Donner Land Trust* Winter 2016/17 was one for the record books that made for fantastic ski conditions, but the multiple atmospheric river events combined with above-average snowpack runoff have also contributed to excessive erosion on many of our area trails. With its steep nature and tender soils, one of the […]
Cold Feet!
11:54am ME: “Hi! What are you up to today, want to grab a coffee? Weather’s terrible but I’ve got to get out of the house! Cabin fever, man…” 11:56am JP: “I’m running on Donner Summit in 15, wanna join? It might be brutal rain & wind” 11:57am ME: “I haven’t run in months, got sick, […]
Train Tunnels Trail Teaser Wrap Up
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 […]
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 […]
