Skip to content

Home
About Us
Our Mission
Videos
Weather & Air Conditions
CAC Membership

California Alps Cycling

Let’s Kick Some Passes’ Asses!™

Home
About Us
Our Mission
Videos
Weather & Air Conditions
CAC Membership

Painted Rock on Sunrise Pass Road

Leave a comment

Post navigation

← Previous Post

Painted Rock on Sunrise Pass Road

A graffiti laden rock called painted rock. Off Sierra Pass Road near Carson City, NV.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Search for:

Recent Posts

Aches and Pains When Riding? Consider a Bike Fit!
Smoky Where You Are? Here’s How You Can Mix Things Up
The Social Distancing Racing Season Comes to a Smoky End
An Update on the ESSRP and the Visitor Connection Working Group
Cycling in the Sierra? Here are Some Things You Should Consider

Recent Comments

	California Alps Cycl… on Aches and Pains When Riding? C…
	Chris Schull on Aches and Pains When Riding? C…
	California Alps Cycl… on Smoky Where You Are? Here…
	tempocyclist.com on Smoky Where You Are? Here…
	halffastcyclingclub on Cycling in the Sierra? Here ar…

Archives

Categories

Like us on Facebook!

Like us on Facebook!

Follow us on Twitter!

Follow us on Instagram!

Photo Gallery

Fulgas is less virtual, more reality

Bikes hanging in the bike closet with red lighting from the ceiling and pictures on the wall.

Seen during my walk around the Galinas Creek area, near the Embassy Suites on McInnis Parkway in San Rafael.

Gopher ‘glyphs left after the snowmelted.

Now that the work is done we can pose for the pic.

The light through the drop

How much further? Riding Alpe Du Zwift

Does this shadow make me look fat?

A quick rest at Lower Blue Lake

A somewhat raging (seen it higher) Raymond Meadow Creek.

Jobs Peak and Jobs Sister, and other parts of the Carson Range, as seen from Sunrise Pass Road near Carson City, NV. Taken during a gravel ride.

Tired bike on Monitor Pass.

Trees

Smiles and a thumbs up from Chris. During our gravel ride near Sunrise Pass Road.

Start and finish here, riders.

Smiling and ready to race!

Scott heading up Monitor Pass in the early morning. Deathride 2019

Mark’s shadow hanging loose while on the way up to Raymond Meadow Creek.

At the start of the Tollhouse Century (part of the Climb to Kaiser)

Thunderclouds forming over Carson Valley. As seen from Hwy 4. near Raymond Meadow Creek

Looking towards Mammoth from near Lake Crowley – during the 2018 Mammoth Gran Fondo

Magical Markleeville Christmas Faire Banner

Rest stop at 89 & 395.

The start line a the 2018 t L’Etape California.

Sunshine through the trees – Heenan Lake Trail

Tiny ice dancer.

Mt Everest – Image courtesy of wikipedia

The new jersey. New Jersey?

Blue taking a break, gloves on the saddle. Hwy. 4 near Silver Mountain City.

Butterfly on the rock – Genoa Loop Trail

Hermit Valley rest stop. Deathride 2019

Black-eyed Susans

A close-up of the graffiti laden rock called Painted Rock. Off Sierra Pass Road near Carson City, NV.

Coming up to the sun – eastern side of Monitor

Portrait of Mark in front of the Daggett Summit sign after the AACC TT.

Raymond Meadow Creek

All smiles now that we have our finisher’s medals, which (GOOD IDEA) also double as bottle openers.

A screamin’ day fishing

Photo op outside of Diamond Valley. West Fork of the Carson River behind me.

Raymond Meadow Creek rapids up close.

Mark taking a rest during a snowshoe excursion on Mt. Rose.

Caples Lake

Misty morning buck – near Petaluma, CA

Bald eagle on the wing

My view of the one of photographer’s shadows from my seat on my bike, in my pain cave.

Looking downstream at the East Fork of the Carson from Monitor Junction.

Mono Lake Tufa

Spreading the cycling love at the Magical Markleeville Christmas Faire – December 2018

A frozen Kinney Reservoir.

Stick/rock person at Ebbett’s Pass

Yup, I am there!

Paintbrush off Hwy 4. Deathride 2019

Deathride Resurgence Logo

A toast to you!

Mark on a soggy Ebbett’s Pass morning.

Members of MEC, the sign craftsman and members of the community participate on the dedication and unveiling at the North sign.

Riding home from town after a meeting I saw this guy on Hot Springs Road. He went up the embankment and looked back at me as I snapped this photo.

Oh, yeah! What a day! Yours truly heading back to the barn and yup, that’s Lake Tahoe in the background.

Butterfly on the Genoa Loop Trail

Adopt-a-Highway crew with the Oct. 2019 haul

Is that tree growing sideways?

Wildflowers on Monitor Pass

A thawed our Kinney Reservoir.

Two orange rubber surgical gloves side by side.

A kangaroo rate carcass as seen on Sierra Pass Road during a gravel ride.

Part of what we do here in Markleeville.

American Lady butterfly on the Cave Rock Trail.

From outside the Faire after the snow stopped.

Rockin the dots in Diamond Valley

Mark smiling while standing in front of the Luther Pass sign. During his ride on August 2, 2020.

Yours truly on the “meadow bridge.”

and ready for pick up by CalTrans

One of the benefits of being the lantern rouge – good photos like this. Shyanne, Kona, Java, Chris and Sam ahead of me in the meadow just to the west of Tamarack Peak.

Taking a break from the running the sand gauntlet. Fun fish tailing and sliding around! Carson Range to the right.

ATOC riders heading to the finish at the 2019 Tour of CA.

Everesting Ebbetts starts here

Break time at the cow sign at Hwy 4 and Silver Creek

Grover Hot Springs moguls (snow on grass bumps).

Sunshine hitting the Eastern Sierra – from Hwy 395

Another day summiting Ebbetts

Relaxing at Burnside Lake after a gravel climb

A duck on the Heenan Lake Trail

What the what? This sand is tough to ride in/on. Makes me sweat.

About 12 feet of snow still on Monitor (8000′) in May of 2019.

Finishing the Medio (70 miles, 3500′ of climbing) on Sept. 8, 2018

Wind-driven clouds in the CA Alps

Mom’s boot next to a bear print

Six snowflowers in bloom on a little side trail near Sawmill Road. Taken during a hike up to the Thornburg Trail.

Wait horns and an udder?

Kinney Reservoir (near the top of Ebbett’s)

Houses and roads in the foreground with the northern part of the Carson Range in the background.

I guess I’ll have to ride back then.

A Pussy paw plant just starting to flower. Taken whlie on a hike by the West Carson in Hope Valley.

Some windblockability,eh?

Jobs Peak as seen from foothill road during Mark’s ride from M’Ville towards Genoa.

The fall colors were rocking. The wind was just a bit of a breeze. The cars had taken a hiatus and it was just a picture perfect day.

Happy rider on Tollhouse Road

Our own local brew

Rocking the colors at the top of Ebbett’s Pass. Deathride 2019

Ready to rock & roll at the 2019 Deathride Expo.

Let’s Kick Some Passes’ Asses!™