Join the Truckee Donner Railroad Society for a driving and hiking tour of old logging railroad grades, collapsed trestles, remains of log cars and much more. We?ll have maps, old photos, and stories to help you imagine what it was like to be a Truckee logger one hundred years ago.
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The Palisades Mountain Run comes to Palisades Tahoe on July 22. For more than four decades, hundreds of runners and hikers have made an annual pilgrimage to picturesque Olympic Valley, California, for the Palisades Mountain Run (formerly the Squaw Valley Mountain Run). Participants gain 2,000 feet in elevation as they amble along a 3.6-mile course that winds up Mountain Run from the base area to High Camp.
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Nature Journeys with Headwaters Science Institute is a science education, nature appreciation, and community-building opportunity in a single event. Our goal is to give everyone, regardless of age, the ability to become citizen scientists by documenting biodiversity in the community.
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Categories: Festivals + Community, Learning + Workshops, Sports + Adventures, Family Fun
Learn the secrets of Donner Summit as you hike with local historians. Saturday has eight hikes of varying degrees of difficulty to choose from. The hikes will be followed by music with Alice Osborn and lunch. The after-lunch presenter is Greg Palmer, our local historian, who will tell stories from his 30-yrs of leading hikes. Sunday is a walking tour where you learn about the grueling mishaps of the Donner Party and the archaeological finds that remain. The day ends at Donner Memorial State Park to view Murphy's Cabin and Pioneer Monument. Tour size for each hike is limited so please sign up now.
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Categories: Learning + Workshops, Sports + Adventures, Family Fun
Learn the secrets of Donner Summit as you hike with local historians. Saturday has eight hikes of varying degrees of difficulty to choose from. The hikes will be followed by music with Alice Osborn and lunch. The after-lunch presenter is Greg Palmer, our local historian, who will tell stories from his 30-yrs of leading hikes. Sunday is a walking tour where you learn about the grueling mishaps of the Donner Party and the archaeological finds that remain. The day ends at Donner Memorial State Park to view Murphy's Cabin and Pioneer Monument. Tour size for each hike is limited so please sign up now.
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Categories: Learning + Workshops, Sports + Adventures, Family Fun