Some of you may have noticed the new signs or a green Forest Service truck driving around on Peavine. That is me driving around in that truck putting up signs. I also have the duty of making sure the motorized vehicles are following the rules such as staying on the correct trails and having a spark arrestor. I have met a few of you out on the trails when I am working out there. Basically I am sending out this e-mail to let everyone know what is going on with the “magically appearing signs”. Eventually the hope is to have all of the roads and trails signed and have a network of trails for both motorized and non-motorized use. Unfortunately some people like to use these signs as targets for shooting or run them over with their vehicle. Unfortunately I can not be everywhere at once so if you see any of the new signs that been destroyed or damaged just let me know. There are still some old signs that have not been replaced yet and hopefully these will be replaced soon.  

You may have also noticed that the single-track on the east side of Peavine is all non motorized and the single-track on the west side just east of the California border is all motorized. In between these two areas is a single-track, which parallels Forest Road 41419 (it goes west from just below the summit, commonly used to access cow canyon from the main fire road to the top of Peavine), and goes through some aspens and through Bull Ranch Creek. This single-track has been signed as non motorized and it would probably be a good idea to walk the mountain bikes through the muddy sections to minimize ruts.

If anyone has any concerns or comments on any of the trails on Peavine, just let me know.

Andrew Valestrino

OHV Patrol Carson Ranger District

916-204-6593

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