Muchos thankyous, 200miler! You`ve been very helpful and I really appreciate the information- can`t wait to get rolling.
Dry down there too, eh? Funny thing- we`ve been super dry this year. Reno had zero recordable precip in Dec for the first time since 1883. Last weekend I took a two day mini tour south of Tahoe, and found no snow at al until well over 7000 ft, only a few little spots of it at an 8400 ft pass. But a few MTBers posted pics on a local forum from a ride on Mt Charleston at the same time with some reasonably impressive snowbanks showing up 2000 ft lower than the nearly dry Sierra pass that I saw! I told them to quit hogging up all our winter! Anyway, hope you have a fine year and don`t let your grass get too brown!