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 […]
Trail Stewardship
DPMR Trail work – Friday, June 8, 2018
Our second DPMR – TDLT (Truckee Donner Land Trust) Trail Work Day is coming up on Friday, June 8, 2018! Location TBD – please sign up on this link if you’re available, and when Kevin from the Land Trust finalizes the details he will email you with meeting place, time, and instructions. Trail work days […]
Trail Stewardship with the Chainsaw Lady
“Make it better.” Three memorable words written on a note from Matt Brownlee, Trails Manager for the USFS. These three words describe the unrelenting hunger to nurture the Western States Trail, and have become my mantra for running the trail stewardship program since 2014. Beginning in the early 1990’s, trail stewardship for the Western States […]
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 […]
Good Dirty Fun!
Come get dirty with us and give your local trails a little loving! Donner Party Mountain Runners have trail work days scheduled for Thursday, May 19, 2016 and Saturday, June 11, 2016, in the Truckee area. Trail work starts at 8:30am and we are generally done by 3:30pm. These will be in the Truckee / Donner […]
Give a little to get a lot! Trail work opportunities on WS Trail
Every precious step we take on any trail that leads us on our fantastic journeys through the mountains, canyons, forests, ridge lines and beyond, is made possible through the work of those who build and maintain that network of trails. These trails provide us the opportunity to pursue our passion for trail running. Think just […]
Trail Building at Royal Gorge
On Sunday, October 11th, sixteen volunteers led by Betsy Nye and Kevin Starr (Truckee Donner Land Trust), joined forces to build a beautiful new section of trail, as part of the new Royal Gorge Rim Trail. Click here for more information about the Royal Gorge area and a trail map. We parked near the Ice Lakes Lodge […]
Kicking off the Trail Work Season
The first day of our trail work season kicked off on a beautiful Thursday morning in April. Thirteen hard-working runners gathered at the Glacier Way trail head in Tahoe Donner to do trail work on the Donner Lake Rim Trail. We were led by Kevin from the Truckee Donner Land Trust. Once everyone had […]
Volunteer in 2015
Incredible running groups need incredible volunteers, and we want you! There are many great reasons to volunteer for a Donner Party Mountain Runner Event in 2015: being involved with a world class running, non-profit organization; supporting the running community in a locale we all love; hanging out with amazing athletes of all ages and abilities […]
Good Dirty Fun – trail work day
A glorious fall day spent building and beautifying a new section of the Royal Gorge Rim Trail on Donner Summit. JP, Gretchen, Audrey, Mike, Paul, Betsy, Peter, Josh, Jenelle and Rocco, led by Kevin of the Truckee Donner Land Trust, hiked up to a sweet new singletrack section, about 1 mile up from the Ice […]
