Bikepacking Northern Nevada Blog
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Bikepacking Northern Nevada showcases exploring Nevada backroads by bicycle as the forum for adventures. If off road touring, bikepacking, or wondering where this road leads interests you then maybe you will find some inspiration here. While this is not necessarily a "how to" I will share my thoughts on gear choice, planning and preparation, and trip highlights.
Bikepacking Northern Nevada Blog
1M ago
The Sahwave Mountains are an isolated range in northern Nevada between Pyramid Lake and Lovelock. I have approached this range from the south off the I-80 exits, Hotsprings Nightingale, Jessup, and Toulon. From the north I have ridden through Kumiva Valley, into the Lava Beds, and around Seven Troughs Range, all with great views of ..read more
Bikepacking Northern Nevada Blog
3M ago
2023 was a full year with the goal of maximizing time outside and nights under the stars! Just as every ride inspires the next, so does each year. That is why I am calling this a year in review as well as preview. January started off with a trip to Ely, White Pine Co. for ..read more
Bikepacking Northern Nevada Blog
3M ago
This route was inspired by some of the research I made for my last newsletter and Doug Artman’s route the Sagebrush Ripple. From the Raine’s Market website there was an entry about Pritchard’s Station and a cross-reference with Atlas Obscura’s entry on the stagecoach route between Eureka and Tybo. My understanding is Pritchard most likely ..read more
Bikepacking Northern Nevada Blog
4M ago
Doug Artman came to me with a very ambitious route The Great Basin Criss-Cross, about 1,200 miles round trip from Carson City to Gandy, UT. I figured it would take 24+ days. But what an adventure! Rethinking the commitment Doug returned with a 350 mile-ish criss-crossing route in central Nevada named, *pending. Not a super ..read more
Bikepacking Northern Nevada Blog
4M ago
October 14-15, 2023 This year’s Rides with Friends crown jewel route was the Hot Springs – Micro Playa Loop. The route traveled northeast from 12 Mile playa access to Double Hot Springs, then south on the Applegate Emigrant Trail route, past several hot springs on the way to Casey Springs (hot), then turning into the ..read more
Bikepacking Northern Nevada Blog
5M ago
September 22-24, 2023 In response to the feeling like I am the king of overnights I wanted to create a series of 3 day – 2 night trips in Black Rock Country. I had some feedback from Sasha Magee of San Francisco, that making the trip to Gerlach from the Bay was a little much ..read more
Bikepacking Northern Nevada Blog
5M ago
Sept 16-17, 2023 I really wanted a ride for Rides with Friends that showcased the Massacre Rim International Dark Sky Sanctuary. But not surprisingly it is one of the most remote places beyond the NCA. So I planned a route from the turnoff from Co Rd 34 to Massacre Ranch, then on to SR 8a ..read more
Bikepacking Northern Nevada Blog
5M ago
September 13, 2023 South of Gardnerville on US 395 is Simee Dimeh Summit and just beyond that is Leviathan Mine Road. The mine’s name had always intrigued me, why have a nautical themed mine? Even if in name alone. I looked up the explanation of Leviathan and it was a Biblical sea monster, serpent or ..read more
Bikepacking Northern Nevada Blog
5M ago
Sept. 6-7, 2023 Doug had a route to an area I have long been advised to ride. It was an easy yes when he asked if I was interested. On top of that it was a bikefishing trip! This was my first trip in the Santa Rosa Range. We were starting in Paradise Valley, just ..read more
Bikepacking Northern Nevada Blog
6M ago
8/29/2023- This May I met Karen Rusiniak at the Black Rock Rendezvous. She asked me if I would be interested in giving bike tours of the perimeter fence, aka “trash fence,” during Burning Man as a part of the Earth Guardians camp. I am not good at saying no, so I said yes. I had ..read more