We’ll be flagging the next and last two miles of the Halo trail in the coming weeks.  Feel free to join us to plan and lay it out.  Construction is expected to resume in October.

Wednesday evenings
August 12, 19 & 26
Meeting at the Hoge Road Trail Head at 5:45 pm

(radio tower area at the top of Keystone Canyon)

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No more hard or big rock work like this!  We’ll be doing some lighter finish work the next three trail days.  Check our dates at upper right and for more details see our “Build page“

Wielding only Picks and McLeods the NCC crew built 2+ miles of NEW singletrack in April ‘09.

Thanks for all the hard work the trail looks great.

Non-Motorized Signage: check!

Currently the Halo Trail is 3 miles in length and connects with existing roads. Our goal is to build the next 1/2 mile +/- connection to existing singletrack by the end of May. This will make a new 8.5+/- mile loop starting @ Keystone Canyon TH.
Please join us on the trail at one of our upcoming Trail Days!

The Nevada Conservation Corps is returning the beginning of April to work on the next 3 miles of the Halo Trail. We will be scheduling a couple weekend work days to help finish and buff out the trail.

Other events to look out for are:

• N-trail Improvements
• Signage and marking of the Keystone Canyon Recreation Area, a Non-Motorized zone around Keystone Canyon and RSF Park.
• The Keep Truckee Meadows Beatiful (KTMB) Clean Up – Saturday May 9
• Regional Trails Training hosted by the Tahoe Rim Trail Association at Galena Park – May 16-18.
• National Trails Day – June 6

We appreciate every ones volunteer help last year. Please consider a small donation this year to help our cause for more and better Peavine trails.

We look forward to seeing you out on the trail again this spring.

The Poedunks

Volunteers will help put the finishing touches on the newly constructed trail connecting the East and West Keystone Canyon Trailheads during Peavine-Keystone Volunteer Trail Day from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 6. Contact: Stephanie D’Arcy: (775) 823-6514.

When: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 6, 2008

Where: East Keystone Canyon Trailhead, Leadership Parkway off East McCarran Blvd.

Details: Water, snacks, tools and hard hats will be provided. Please bring lunch, gloves, long-
sleeve shirt and sturdy shoes. Children under 18 must be accompanied by and adult.

Peavine-Keystone Volunteer Trail Day partners include Washoe County’s Department of Regional Parks and Open Space, the U.S. Forest Service and Poedunks Mountain Biking Group. The day’s work includes raking and seeding the new trail, installing a bench, and rehabbing trail scars. No experience is necessary.

Bring your bike and after the trail work (probably around 1 pm or so) and we’ll take a test ride over to and on the first mile of recently constructed Halo Trail.

We finished the last turn and linked the final missing section last Saturday.

Thanks to Sydney Carter, Jim Crompton, Brett Barry, Dick Benoit, Eric Martin, Jeff Dean, and Kristi for all the hard work.
We’ll be working at the East Keystone Canyon TH on Saturday December 6th.  More details to follow.

chocolate chip that is.  Thanks to Brian Block for dropping by and supplying us a bag of tasty home baked chocolate chip cookies.

We had another good day of finish work and completed the rock crossing. The first leg up and out of Bud Canyon is taking shape and looking good.

Thanks again to Brett Barry for recruiting more Spanish Springs High school students and to all those who helped below. We’ll be out again next Saturday weather permitting.
-Brett Barry
-Luis Guzman
-Joerge Loera
-Anthony Martines
-Jacob Howard
-Mickey Hazelwood
-Quinn McLaughlin
-Eric Martin
-Dick Benoit
-Jeff Dean
-Jason Susslin
-Steve Cleek
-Dale Beesmer
-Randy Meyer

Saturday November 8 – We had seventeen people help on the first burly turn and do finish work on the initial climbing legs of the Halo Trail.

Work on the first big & burly turn…before

and after

Nice back slope work!

Everybody seems to be finding some rocks

Looking good!

A special thanks to Brett Barry who recruited some Spanish Springs HS football players to provide additional people power.
And thank you to those below who helped dial in the first climbing legs of the Halo Trail last Saturday.

Anthony Rose
Dick Benoit
Jeff Dean
Eric Martin
Brian Block
Brett Barry
Steve Cleek
Tony Rose
Fritz Fleischman
Tony Regan
Ben Regan
Dan Lark
Jeff Koch (Spanish Springs HS Football)
Nicholas Coughlin (Spanish Springs HS Football)
Humberto Espriazu (Spanish Springs HS Football)
Richie Hernandez (Spanish Springs HS Football)
Randy Meyer
Dale Beesmer

Add some big rocks, some little rocks, then some dirt, and we have finished our last turn and heading up Bud Canyon.

Thanks to Brett Barry, Jason Susslin, Dick Benoit, Bill von Puhl, Randy Meyer and Dale Beesmer who made quick work of this turn last Saturday.

The NCC is making great progress now, getting up and out of Bud Canyon, across the road cut, and heading into the x-men rock garden.
We’ll be out again this Saturday to work on number of smaller projects, and encourage you to come out and check on the trail progress.

If you would to help, check out our “Build” page for more info.

. . . a new trail begins!

Work has started on the Halo Trail, and when completed will add
6.5 miles of new, high quality single track and create a number of
new loop oppurtunities. 

The Nevada Conservtion Corps will be doing the majority of the
work, with four weeks of work to be done this fall, 4 more weeks
in the spring of 2009.

If you would like to help we will be doing supplemetnal work on the following days:

WHEN: Saturdays November 1,8 & 15 – 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

WHERE: Meet at the West Keystone Canyon TH at 9 am (just past the round-a-bout at the end of Leadership Parkway, which can be accessed from the end of Keystone Avenue and North McCarran Blvd, or Victory Land off North McCarran Blvd.)

WHAT: new trail construction of a new non-motorized hiking/mountain biking trail on Peavine Mountain.

WHO: The Poedunks, and group formed to enhance and expand Peavine trails will provide tools and instruction provided.

We are working under a Sponsored Volunteer Agreement with the USFS and due need to work to their standards and specifications, including these requirements for trail work:

YOU MUST PROVIDE:
-Sign in/Sign out signature
-Long pants
-Long shirt
-Fully enclosed shoes or boots (high top work or hiking boots recommended)
-water
-sunscreen

WE WILL PROVIDE:
-tools
-hard hats
-instruction / know how
-and if needed: gloves, safety goggles, first aid kits

Sorry – no volunteers under 16 years of age may participate. Ages 16-18 may with an adult consent form and signature.