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Month: December 2012

  • 2012 – a year in Reno

    Wow, it’s been a while since I lived in the same place for two new year’s days in a row! I feel like Reno has welcomed us and we’re giving it a chance to be our home. Last year I mentioned two organizations, the Reno Collective and Friends of Nevada Wilderness, and those continue to…

  • Pah Rah Exploratory Run

    Gabe, Sarah, and I are all a little astounded by the amount of development near Golden Eagle regional park where we’ve decided to run, but the dirt road takes us quickly past a few shooting enthusiasts and into a very remote feeling basin. Here dramatic skies and an expansive landscape make good running companions, and…

  • Nice snow and friends at Third creek

    Wes chooses our destination, but he’s forced to turn back when a snowshoe (borrowed from me) turns out to be missing a T-nut. He rides out and spends the afternoon at the Mt Rose ski area while Gabe, Sarah, Ann, Alli, and I continue up Third creek to find some delicious soft snow. I have…

  • Mount Rose Powder Hounds

    Mike, Lee, and I start with small ambitions, but a favorable avalanche advisory and good snow pit results convince us to venture higher up onto the east face of Mount Rose. Seemed like the perfect time to hit it, stable but still soft! No red flags at all, and two sweet runs. Color me powdered.…

  • Alpine Meadows Christmas

    Our first run on snow like styrofoam brings back memories of the horrendous ice I encountered on my lift day last year, but as the day wears on snow piles up faster and faster, making the best run the last! Followed up by Sushi at the Atlantis in Reno, this is a memorable Christmas day…

  • Mud and snow in Peavine canyons

    Had a fun run today, sloshing and thrumpfing along some of the lower east canyons of Peavine with Gabe, Sara, and Chad. The snow provided both some hero moments and some wipeouts.

  • Movie: The Hobbit – An Unexpected Journey (2012)

    A Christmas present! It’s just what I’d hoped for in the Lord of the Rings series: a telling of the story that focuses on characters first, and uses effects as embellishment. Sure some battles are longer than they need to be, but we also get songs and dialog that will be too long for some,…

  • Better Snow on Tamarack Peak

    Some colder storms have definitely improved the snow. Ann and I brave a cold wind as we follow the ridge from the Mount Rose pass up to Tamarack Peak, and I take some short and sweet runs on the return trip. Nice to finally make up to this little summit we’ve hiked all around! Ann…

  • Relay Peak with the Machines

    I knew all the snow machine trailers parked between the pass and Incline lake must be playing somewhere, and Relay peak is the place! Despite the buzzing I enjoy the gorgeous day with Ann and Gabe (and four-legged Dora), and the northwest side of the peak even looks alluring enough for a return trip methinks……