July Hiking(7/18): Mt. Rose Summit Trail to Relay Peak

This is one of the trails of the Tahoe Rim Trails (TRT).   You can watch the pretty mountain view at your right hand side while the beautiful Lake Taohoe scenery at your left hand side.  You can have more details of the beauty of it from the introduction through this link.
http://www.summitpost.org/relay-peak/300034

We will meet at the parking lot of the trail head in the morning of 7/18 at 7:30am.  This parking lot is also named the Mt. Rose Summit Welcome Plaza.  However, if you search this name in Google Map, it will wrongly point you to the Mt. Rose Ski Resort.  You must use ”Mt. Rose Summit Tahoe Rim Trail Trailhead” for the Google Map Search.
 We will start at Mt. Rose Welcome Plaza.
 At 2.5 miles turn left at junction of Old Mt. Rose Trail
 At 3.25 miles turn right at Junction of Relay Ridge Service Road.
 5.3 miles, reach summit of Relay Peak.
 It is about 5.5 miles one way.

You have to stay at Reno the night before this event in order to meet our gathering time in the early morning. You should book your hotel with easy access to the I-580. (For a quick reference, it will need 35 minutes from Reno Airport to our gathering place in the morning without traffic.)

Direction to the trail head.
From Reno, Nevada, take I-580 South, and turn towards Mount Rose Highway (431) heading west. It takes roughly 20 minutes, 15 miles up the winding mountain road to reach the trailhead.  It will appear at your right hand side. (Refer to the map and picture below.)

(People ask about the option of staying at Kings Beach at Lake Tahoe. It is a possible option. You also take 431 to reach the Welcome Plaza. It will appear at your left hand side.)

The parking lot at this trail head has only 50 parking spaces. You are strongly recommended to do carpooling with someone.  Trailhead’s GPS position for your reference: 39°18’48.2″N, 119°53’50.6″W . (39.313377, -119.897390)

We estimate our event ends around 4:00pm. Although you can drive back to Bay Area after that, we suggest you to stay at Reno one more night with good rest. We can reward ourselves with a buffet dinner together on that night.  It will be fun.

What to bring:
1. The signed Waiver Form. You can download it from :
http://www.ncuaanc.org/?attachment_id=2103
2. A pack of light lunch, plenty of water, snacks.
3. Hat, sunglass, sunscreen lotion.
4. A light jacket.
5. Hiking boots and hiking pole are recommended.

If you have any question on this event, please feel free to contact Paul Lee, paullee_usa@yahoo.com.  And you can also email me for the registration of joining this event.

Regards,