Carson Valley Adventures: Sunrise Pass Road Off Roading with the All-Terrain Family

Take a journey through the Pine Nut Mountains and enjoy the ride with the ‪@AllTerrainFamily‬ . Explore the Nevada ohv trails.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:22 The Pine Nut Mountain Range
1:00 Getting to Sunrise Pass Road
1:38 Off-Road Safety
2:23 UTV / SXS Safety
3:06 Driving Sunrise Pass Road
3:51 Painted Rock Mine
4:15 The Hill Climb
5:05 About the Pine Nut Mountains
6:01 About Single Leaf Pinyon Pine
6:45 Climbing higher on the Pine Nut Range
7:49 Sunrise Pass Road as a loop: Wellington, Topaz and Carson Valley
8:36 Power Line Trail
11:29 Getting back on Sunrise Pass Road
12:02 Mustangs of the Pine Nut Range
12:56 Finishing Sunrise Pass Road
The Pine Nut Mountain Range delineates the East edge of the Carson Valley and runs from the Carson River in the north for 40 miles to Topaz Lake in the south. It is one of the hundreds of mountain ranges that make up the vast geographic province known as the Great Basin. The defining characteristic of this area, which encompasses all of Northern Nevada and nearly all of the entire state, is that there are hundreds of mountain ranges separated by deep dry valleys and none of the water that falls on this area ever reaches the ocean.
Here in the Pine Nut Mountains above Carson Valley, there are spectacular views of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, Verdant farmland along the Carson River, and the vast basin and range extending East across Nevada.
Today, we’re on the Sunrise Pass Road road, which connects the Carson Valley with the Smith Valley, cresting the Pine Nut Mountains on the way.
The road starts at the Johnson Lane OHV Park at the East end of Johnson Lane. To get here, travel north from Minden, Nevada, on US HWY 395 for about 5 miles and turn right on Johnson Lane. The road turns to dirt at the off-road staging area.
Sunrise Pass Road is a graded dirt road and is passable by any AWD car or SUV suitable for dirt road travel. To learn more, click here: visitcarsonvalley.org/carson-...
Gaia GPS Map:
www.gaiagps.com/map/?loc=12.6...
On-X Off-Road Map:
webmap.onxmaps.com/offroad/ma...
Nevada Trails Western Region guidebook:
amzn.to/44Ostxc