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 […]
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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 […]
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, […]
Trail Conditions
Have you hit the trail lately? Use the “comment” link above to read or share trail name and conditions encountered. But buyer beware… one runner’s paradise is another runner’s muddy disaster. Share your intel on these popular running trails in Truckee and North Lake Tahoe: Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT), Donner Lake […]