Washoe County Parks has expanded the North Valleys Regional Park complex and added 3 miles of progressive stacked-Loop mountain bike trails in the sage covered rocky hill south of the park.
The trail system has many loops and variations that net a lot more than just 3 miles of options for beginner to advanced riders, hikers, runners and equestrians.
The trail was designed and built by Kevin Joell of Sierra Trail Works, a trail building contractor based in Reno, NV.
The trail was supervised by Cheryl Surface, Natural Resource Planner [retires] for Washoe County and Dennis Troy, Park Planner with Washoe County Regional Parks.
Directions: Travel north from Reno on I580 to the Lemon Valley exit. and turn left (east).
Take the left on Sky Vista.
Take Sky Vista to Silver Lake and turn right.
Take Silver Lake to the trailhead parking at the end of the road.
The trail starts off the edge of the grass field across the dirt road.