N-Trail Wrap Up

We’re finishing up work on the N-Trail for the summer this Wednesday June 4th. Meet us at the Rancho Ball Fields parking lot at 5:45pm and we’ll work on the trail for a while and have a wienie roast with brews afterwards. Hope you can make it!

Ph rides the rocks. Photo by Randy Meyer. 

N-Trail Rock Garden

We’re working on the N-Trail with the Poedunks on Wednesday evenings - including tonight! Come out and share your thoughts, lend a hand and check out the trail’s progress.

Matt Robison tests the awesome new rockgarden. Photo by Randy Meyer.

From Poedunk.com  upcoming in May 2008:

3rd Annual Nevada Trails Conference
May 16-18
For more information and to sign up.

N-Trail Work at Rancho San Rafael
Wednesday Evenings - 5:45 pm at the Softball fields.
May 14
May 21 - Bring a Brew or Two Night
May 28
June 4 - Wienie Roast and Brews

National Trails Day
June 7 - Galena Park Saturday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

The desert is blooming!

There is an amazing hillside on Peavine that consists of just a few acres that we call “Flower Hill”. It doesn’t bloom every year but this year it is incredible! The hill is just 200 yards north of the start of the new N-Trail along the road that follows the power line.

The camera phone photos do not do the hillside justice - try to ride by it soon it’s worth it!

Keystone Canyon Break-ins Still Happening

This from the Nevada Cycling List:

TO WARN EVERYONE, my vehicle was broken into (with items stolen) while parked Friday (4-4-08 ) at Keystone Canyon East Trailhead. Other vehicles and other reports relating to similar activity have been filed with the police. If anyone has any information as to who is responsible for these absolutely petty events, please report it to the police immediately!!
Thanks.

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Tour de Reno #2 this weekend

Randy Robison rocks the new N-Trail.

The second annual dhReno Tour de Reno (downhill style) is this Saturday April 5th, 2008. Meet at the Rancho ball park parking lot at 11am (or come work on the N-trail at 9am and bring your dh bike to ride afterwards).  We’ll start off railing the N-Trail and then move on to shuttling the Geiger dh. Come on out it will be awesome fun!

Matt’s awesome shuttle machine.

N-Trail rails down Peavine

The work on the N-Trail continues it’s blistering pace down the mountain this weekend. Come out and join the fun. Meet at the Rancho Ball Parks parking lot this Saturday April 5th, 2008 at 9am. See www.Poedunk.com for more info.

Curtis Opperman tests a berm last weekend.

Huge thanks to last weeks volunteers:  Dave, John, Dale, Randy, Curtis, Quinn, Steve & Eric.

N-Trail Work Continues

We’ll be working on the N-Trail and  again this Saturday March 29 9:00 am till noon. Meet at Evans Canyon / Basque Monument TH. This week we’ll be getting into the the rock garden! www.poedunk.com

N-Trail revamp has started again!

Now that the mountain has dried out a little the Poedunks are kicking butt on the N-Trail revamp again. We had a great turnout on Saturday especially considering there was snow on the ground when we started.

Poedunks evaluate the trail before starting the work.

N-Trail work continues this Saturday!

Meet: Rancho San Rafael Softball Parking Lot (near the Basque Monument)
When: Saturday March 15th, 2008 at 9:00 AM
Who: Poedunks and downhiller volunteers

Photo by Randy Meyer

From Dale prez of the Poedunks  …  “the lower flanks of Peavine have finally thawed and we are looking to resume work on the n-trail again beginning this SaturdayMarch 8 at 9:00 a.m.  Meet at the Rancho San Rafael softball parking lot, tools provided.

With permission from the Park manager, our projects goal is to make the existing trail more challenging and sustainable, accommodating intermediate to advanced riders.”

 

Before the snow…..

Top of the original NTrail.

Chill’n on the N trail

Poedunk Ntrail session * December 1st, 2007 

Despite the windy and freezing a$$ cold weather,  we had a record turnout to work on the N Trail this Saturday!  We’re working our way down the mountain at an amazing rate and the trail looks fantastic. Huge thanks to all the volunteers who came out and kicked butt with shovels and picks!  At the same time Poedunks Randy, Dale and other volunteers were working on reseeding the Rancho/Keystone connector trail - check out Poedunk Double Header.

Saturday N volunteers:  Joel, Brian, Ed, Casey, Eddie, Matt, Bernie, Curtis, Steve, Eric and Miles.

Reno riding

Eric, Curtis and PH sagebrush surfing.

The NTrail will be awesome

Who knew that trail work can be so much fun! The NTrail maintenance not only creating a more sustainable trail - it’s gonna really gonna flow like crazy too!

Reno’s urban dh ….. this looks a little like Fontana from this angle.  Maybe one day we’ll have a National Series race here as well!

Next trail work on Saturday Dec 1st 9am Basque Monument TH.

Poedunks on Ntrail

We had a great turnout last Saturday - the weather was perfect for digging!

Maintenance on the Ntrail progresses……  Next Ntrail work - Saturday November 24th, 2007 meet 9am at the RSR/ Basque Monument TH parking lot.

Peavine Trail Work

This Saturday November 17th, 2007 from 9:00 am to noon 

The Poedunks (local IMBA trail club) finally have the ok to work on the N Trail at Rancho San Rafael.  We will be doing trail maintenance and improving the existing alignment by applying sound, modern trail building construction standards.  

• meet at Basque Monument TH / softball field parking lot at 9am
• bring a bike to test ride the line