We plan to have a kick-off meeting for May’s Bike Month this Thursday night at 6:30 PM at The Feisty Goat Pub. This will be the first of several meetings, so If you can’t make it, don’t worry. We’ll try to have them on different days and different places to accommodate everyone.
Hope to see you there!
-Jeff
Bike Month Kick-Off Meeting
Thursday January 29th
6:30PM
The Feisty Goat
1881 E Long St (just past Rand Ave heading East)
Carson City, NV 89706
Looking Towards Carson Valley from Kings Canyon
Another beautiful addition to the city’s open space properties. Video on News Carson City HERE.
Bike to Work Week Party 2008
May is Bike Month, and it will be here before we know it. Muscle Powered has already begun discussing Bike Month, and have decided to make it our main focus for 2009. We learned a lot from last year’s event, and hope to make this year’s even better. We plan to improve on the things we did well, weed out the things that didn’t go so well, add more resources to the things that should’ve gone better, and come up with new fresh ideas.
One thing we agreed on last year, is that we needed more help. I’m asking for a few volunteers for 2009, so if you’re interested, please raise your hand. The hope is to get one person working in a single area, so they can do that particular thing well, instead of just a few people trying to juggle it all.
If I don’t get any volunteers, I plan to pull out a strategy from the grade school play book. I’ll just start picking some of you. We plan to have our Bike Month kick-off meeting soon. Let me know if you’re interested, or I will let you know if you’re interested. Come on, it’ll be fun!
Join us in support of a Walkable and Bikable Carson City. And, as a bonus, get a little exercise, relieve some stress, and meet new friends. Must be a Muscle Powered member, may join at the beginning of the walk. Family $20.00 annual
Individual $15.00 annual
Student/Senior $10.00 annual
1/06/08 – WALK V & T Trail Meet leader Donna Inversin at Long Ranch Park (corner of Longview and Bristol at 5:30 p.m. For more information call Donna at 315-6763
1/13/08 – WALK Silver Saddle Ranch. Meet leader Donna Inversin (315-6763) at 5:30 p.m. just outside of the entrance gate. We’ll do the rest of the Mexican Ditch
1/20/08 – WALK Ormsby/C Hill Meet leader Donna Inversin (315-6763) at Carson Middle School (in front of the district administration building opposite Tacoma St.) at 5:30 p.m.
2/3/08 – WALK the Blue Line. Experience the history of Old Town Carson City. Meet leader Donna Inversin (315-6763) at 5:30 p.m. in the State Museum parking lot. Reflecting vest, if you got em!
2/10/08 – WALK Empire Ranch Golf Course. Meet leader Donna Inversin (315-6763) at 5:30 p.m. at the BLM parking lot on Morgan Mill Rd. Flashlight recommended.
2/17/08 – WALK Freeway Bikepath Meet by the Boys and Girls Club on Northridge Drive 5:30 p.m. For more information call Donna at 315-6763 done 2/19/08
3/03/08 – WALK Riverview Park, Mexican Ditch. Meet leader Donna Inversin (315-6763) at 5:30 p.m. at the east end of 5th street. Posted 2/19/08
3/10/08 – WALK Silver Saddle Ranch. Meet leader Donna Inversin (315-6763) at 5:30 p.m. just outside of the entrance gate. Do the inside loop Let’s hope for snow and we’ll do a moonlight snow shoe
3/17/08 – WALK Goni Park Meet leader Donna Inversin (315-6763) at 5:30 p.m.at the corner of Goni Rd. and Kelvin Rd.
Carson City Land Acquisition
Did anyone catch the Carson City Land Acquisition story on NewsCarsonCity.com? Carson City is acquiring large portions of land in the Ash Canyon Area. This is great news for trail users. With the city owning a bigger, contiguous block of the land on the west side, we will see greater public access, and hopefully better stewardship of the land. Watch the video and see the details HERE.
OHV Damage in Ash Canyon
A concerned mountain biker recently contacted me to see what can be done about all the recent OHV (motorized off highway vehicles) activity in the “NO MOTOR VEHICLES” area of Ash Canyon. Jeff Potter and I rode up to survey the damage, and here are a few photos I took:
Clearly Marked Sign
New lines being cut right next to existing trail
Free For All
New Roads
And a few more pictures HERE.
While there are signs posted in some areas, other entrances to the canyon do not have signs posted. In fact, the sign in the picture above is posted on the bike path, not next to an access road where a vehicle will most likely enter. As Carson’s west side becomes more popular, it is apparent that better management of the area is needed. Just in the last few weeks, there has been two roll overs in the canyon, the 1st a couple kids, the 2nd a high speed p4x4 police chase! It is my hope that the city’s purchase of the property in the Ash Canyon area will lead to better preservation of the lands. I think that ideally, hikers and bikers should have their own low impact trail system, and motorized vehicles should stay on the existing roads that allow access to Hobart Reservoir. The area is just too small to be an OHV playground. The vast expanses of BLM land east of town are much better suited for this activity. What are your thoughts on this issue?
Carson Valley Trails Association
Last weekend we had the Muscle Powered Annual Meeting, and in attendance was the President of the Carson Valley Trails Association, Kerstin Wolle. Kerstin gave an impressive talk on all they’ve done in the Carson Valley, and invited Carson City residents to attend their CVTA Annual Meeting coming up this Monday, January 19th. If you’ve ever hiked the Faye Luther Trail or Job’s Peak Ranch Trail, you have seen the beautiful work these people do. A few of us plan to attend this meeting to see how we can bring what they’ve done in the Carson Valley to Carson City. Hope to see you there!
CVTA Annual Meeting
Monday January 19, 2009
At the Gazebo at David Walley’s
2001 Foothill Road, Genoa
6 p.m. Doors Open
social, displays, refreshments and no-host bar
6:30 p.m. Meeting
Genoa Foothill Trail System Project Presentation, CVTA grants information, current CVTA volunteer opportunities, 2009 “Hike for Health” Hike-a-thon Preview, Winter Hiking and Snowshoeing on the Trails, and More!
Please come and bring a friend!!!
Jobs Peak – Carson Valley
Carson City Trails update on News Carson City: New bridges going in to better connect city pathways. Watch video on News Carson City HERE.
It’s the beginning of the year, and once again time for Muscle Powered’s annual meeting and brunch potluck. The meeting will be held this Sunday, Jan 11th, at 11:00 AM at Donna I’s house. If you haven’t heard already, there are BIG changes for Muscle Powered in 2009. I’ll discuss this more next week on the blog after we have our meeting.
If you are interested in attending, please send me an email at moserjd@gmail.com, and I will provide you with directions.
-Jeff
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