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Friday, August 28, 2026

The Trailhead Report
  1. 9:04The Trailhead Report

    The balloon race turns 45, and it only exists because of a gap on a calendar

    The Great Reno Balloon Race runs September 10 through 13, four days for the first time in 45 years. Free to get in, and everything worth seeing happens before sunrise.

  2. 9:18The Trailhead Report

    Dove season opens Monday, and this year it is the whole state

    Nevada's dove season opens Monday September 1 statewide. It is the opener that starts everybody's fall, and here is the calendar for the rest of it.

  3. 9:32The Trailhead Report

    A Tahoe campground where you get your own stretch of beach, and there is still room

    Nevada Beach Campground sits on Tahoe's east shore with 54 sites and its own beach, it is open into October, and unlike most of the lake it is not booked solid.

  4. 9:47The Trailhead Report

    A brand new Carson City golf tournament, and a name that is going to confuse everybody

    A first year charity scramble at Eagle Valley on October 16 sends every dollar to Carson City kids' programs. It also shares a name with the balloon race's own tournament, which is a different event entirely.

  5. AlternateThe Trailhead Report

    The easiest 10,000 foot mountain you will ever climb, because the road does half of it

    Mount Rose summit is 10,776 feet, and the trailhead starts at almost 8,900. The drive does most of the climbing, which is why this is the most accessible big peak in the region.

  6. AlternateThe Trailhead Report

    Chimney Beach costs twelve dollars now, and I had it wrong

    Parking at Chimney Beach went paid on June 1: $12 a day, 7 to 7, in a new 130 space lot. It is part of a much bigger plan for that stretch of NV-28.

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