MikeOnTheTrail's Adventures on the Trail | Hiking / Hiking in and around the Truckee Meadows area

The Truckee Meadows, home to Reno, Sparks and several valleys to the north, is a wonderful place to live for anyone interested in Hiking, Mountain Biking and Backpacking. Mountains surround the valley, with hundreds of miles of trails on Peavine Mountain alone!

Listed below are a sampling of the trails in or just a short drive outside the Truckee Meadows area:

Below is a list of hikes completed in 2009
Date	Hike	Length/miles	Time	Elevation Gain/Ft	GPX/KML	Photo Sets
2009-1126	Hunter's Peak Geocache	3.50	2:00	+800	GPX	Photos
2009-0201	Peavine - Bacon Strip Loop	10	4:20	+1500	GPX	Photos
Below is a list of hikes completed in 2008
Date	Hike	Length/miles	Time	Elevation Gain/Ft	GPX/KML	Photo Sets
2008-1130	Petersen Mtns - Red Rock Peak	10.8	5:20	+2070	GPX	Photos
2008-1128	Tahoe Meadows Snowshoe	4.0	1:30	+500	NA	Photos
2008-1116	Church Pond	8.3	4:10	+1560	GPX	Photos
2008-1026	Dogskin Mountains	5.1	3:10	+1822	GPX	Photos
2008-1005	Upper Thomas Creek Trail	6.10	3:00	+1800	NA	Photos
2008-0518	Snowflower Ridge	10.34	6:00	2700	GPX	Photos
2008-0511	Ophir Creek Trail to Rock Lake	8.01	4:27	1289	GPX	Photos
2008-0504	Red Peak at Sunrise	1.86	1:00	650	GPX	Photos
2008-0412	Terraced Hills	8.08	3:54	1726	GPX	Photos
2008-0316	Hunter Creek Trail	6.00	4:30	1200	GPX	Photos
2008-0309	Hunter Creek Trail	1.72	1:00	912	GPX	Photos
2008-0209	Snowshoe Trek along "Snowflower Ridge"	6.40	5:00	1300	GPX	Photos
2008-0120	Snowshoeing Dry Pond Loop	6.40	3:20	800	GPX	Photos
2008-0101	Snowshoeing Tamarack Ridge	4.60	3:00	900	GPX	Photos
Below is a list of hikes completed in 2007
Date	Hike	Length/miles	Time	Elevation Gain/Ft	GPX/KML	Photo Sets
2007-0902	Spanish Springs Peak	5.90	4:00	2000+	GPX	Photos
2007-0528	Dry Pond Loop	6.28	2:51	1300	GPX	Photos
2007-0513	Jumbo Grade	7.34	3:45	1384	GPX	Photos
2007-0421	Evans Creek Canyon	3.70			GPX	Photos
2007-0325	Mitchell Canyon to Peavine	7.5	6:00	1687	GPX	Photos
2007-0311	Peavine Southeast	3.4	1:45	611	GPX	Photos
2007-0304	Virginia Range	4.35	2:30	1100	GPX	Photos
Below is a list of hikes completed in 2006
Date	Hike	Length/miles	Time	Elevation Gain/Ft	GPX/KML	Photo Sets
2006-1231	GC - Peavine South	3.58	2:15	1459	GPX	Photos
2006-0917	Hunter's Peak	3.64	1:50	912	N/A	Photos
2006-0910	Jones Creek Whites Creek Loop	10.06	4:39	1958	GPX	Photos
2006-0528	Hunter Creek Trail to Alum Creek	9.50	7:10	2625	GPX	Photos
2006-0507	Peavine East	4.49	2:43	1217	GPX
2006-0211	Peavine West	9.61	5:14	2342	GPX	Photos
Below is a list of hikes completed in 2005
Date	Hike	Length/miles	Time	Elevation Gain/Ft	GPX/KML	Photo Sets