Field Reports
route launches, stewardship campouts, events, and other musings.
The Sagebrush Rabbit Hole—Scouting the Sierra Camino
Sand. It's unpredictable. After a rain, it can be nice and firm and easy riding, but once it's really dry, or has seen a bit of traffic it can start to get thick and harder to pedal through. It seems to be a patchwork of firm ground versus thick sand out there, so hopefully there will be a way to find the best route possible for that section.
Ride of the Month: Lost Cannon Canyon
Continuing our Fremont theme from last month’s Ride of the Month, we’re excited to share this remote Sierra high country gem. This loop climbs 2,500’ through lush stacked meadows, interspersed with aspen copses before topping out at almost 9,000’ and then descending along the banks of Mill Creek—a fast, narrow, and rowdy descent that sees very few tires.
Ride of the Month: Charity Valley
Believe it or not, Charity Valley is the route General John C. Fremont and Kit Carson took crossing the Sierra’s Carson Pass in 1844—in a mid February blizzard no less. Hopefully we’ve gotten smarter since then, and are now recommending you ride this route east (downhill) instead of west, using a mountain bike instead of a horse pulling a cannon, and definitely not in February.