Trail Work Begins May 18th in the Peavine Maze

​We are pleased to provide the update that we know all our RAD riders our waiting for!  The action is finally starting on the Peavine Maze trail maintenance and improvement project, funded by the Nevada OHV Commission.
 
The RADmins took Kevin Joell on a tour of our trails to really get into the nitty gritty of the work to be done. 

So. Many. Whoops.
[[And pictures never do their misery justice]]

But so much potential!

With a clear mission in place, Kevin is going to get to work on our trails starting May 18th.  From then 'til the end of June, we are going to be working the “300 trails” section by section.  You are going to see some lines being decommissioned in favor of creating improved lines which are more sustainable (and more fun), as well as some new blockages to help prevent abuse of the single track by people with more than two wheels.

We ask that everyone be respectful of this process while we make these trails better for all of us. Please watch out for people working over these next several weeks, and do not ride in such a way that interferes with the working being done.

Before you know it, you'll be enjoying rides here on smooth, flowy, whoop-free trails without the gamble of having your head being lopped off by a branch as you speed through.

​In preparation for this project and many more in the future, RAD gathered some hardy trail-working tools.  It was important for us to shop local for as many of these tools as possible – especially in this particularly tough economic time when our small businesses are struggling.  RAD purchased $1,000.00 worth of tools from Ace Hardware in Sparks. 

Don Schmidt. PR Director, and hater of whoops and branches.

​The grant will reimburse some of our tool expenses.  However, this is our first grant rodeo and we had no idea what to expect.  With this naïve oversight, we realized our grant budget allocated to tools is really lien.  But we weren't afraid to suck at something new, and we now know better for the next grant application. When you know better, you do better.
 
RAD would like to get a lot more high-quality trail tools (specifically, more of these and some of these) and cordless sawzalls.  Any donations toward that end, as well as new memberships, are so helpful and appreciated.

What happened with volunteer days?

​With the coronavirus pandemic, we aren’t able to formally gather large groups of volunteers for one big burst of effort the way we did for the big February clean-up.  But unlike picking up massive amounts of trash, grooming these trails is not the best job for 100 people all at once.  Instead, very small, low-key groups of us will be spending a few hours in the cooler parts of the days spread out over the course of the next several weeks, and coordinated around Kevin's professional work.  

We're excited to have the commitment from some of our members who are devoted to being part of this. After February's big day, we know how fast our RAD riders can knock out jobs - it wouldn't surprise us if the manual volunteer labor got tackled in almost no time at all.

If you are interested in taking some ownership in the form of a few hours here or there, you can contact Richie, Don or Lacey on FaceBook, or email us at [email protected].  You can also support the Keep Trails Rad movement by donating to help us acquire more tools and spread the word about this project to educate other local riders who are unaware.

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