Jeff Moser | August 15, 2010
Have you seen the new picnic table on the Ash Canyon Creek Trail? Even if you ride down the Creek Trail daily, there’s a good chance you haven’t. I only saw it because I had to stop to fix a mechanical problem at the picnic table trail entrance. Jeff P had told me about the [...]
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Tags: Ash Canyon, creek trail, picnic table
Jesse | July 30, 2010
Jesse Richardson has created us a new Ash Canyon Trail Map! The 2-D image is great, but it’s even more fun to download the 3-D Google Earth version. Here’s his map and what he has to say about it. – Jeff Ash Canyon Trail Map for Google Earth – by Jesse Richardson Have you ever [...]
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Tags: Ash Canyon, Carson City, map, mountain bike, Trails
Jeff Moser | June 25, 2010
So why do I get so excited about the flowers up in Ash Canyon? If you’ve been around the area for a while, you’ll certainly remember the Waterfall Fire of 2004. Here’s a photo of what it looked like after the fire, and why you should never take the beautiful scenery and diversity for granted! [...]
Category: flora and fauna |
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Tags: Argemone munita, Ash Canyon, Calochortus, flowers, Mariposa Lily, nevada, Palmer's Penstemon, Penstemon palmeri, Prickly Poppy
Jeff Moser | June 22, 2010
On June 18th, the Bike Habitat hosted an evening with Marin Bikes up in Ash Canyon. Marin Bikes was in the area for the 2010 Tour de Nez, and made their first stop here in Carson City en route to the Reno events. They brought their demo van full of an assortment of Marin bikes [...]
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Tags: alpine trail 29er, Ash Canyon, bike habitat, marin bikes, mount vision 5.8, review
Jeff Moser | June 15, 2010
This week’s Flower of the Week is the flowering shrub, Tobacco Brush. No need to go searching for this one, as it is abundant and is growing along almost every trail up in Ash Canyon. You can’t miss the large flower clusters either. Not only are they pretty to look at, but the aroma is [...]
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Tags: Ash Canyon, Ceanothus velutinus, nevada, tobacco brush
Jeff Moser | June 14, 2010
This coming Friday, June 18th, The Bike Habitat will be hosting a Marin Bicycles Demo Night up in Ash Canyon! Staff from Marin Bikes will be on hand to answer questions, and there will be a variety of bicycles to demo. This will be a great opportunity to check out how different style bicycles handle [...]
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Tags: Ash Canyon, bike habitat, demo night, demo ride, marin bikes
Jeff Moser | June 11, 2010
On a cold and breezy June day that felt more like it belonged in March, we pedaled our way up Ash Canyon with no particular trail plan in mind. The leader would just make a decision at the next intersection as to which way we would go. Sometimes it’s better that way, so you’re not [...]
Category: Lunch Rides, Trails, stories |
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Tags: Ash Canyon, Carson City, log skinny, mountain biking