Joshua Dawson

For the first 0.6 miles the trail follows a peaceful creek, before upping the steepness as it ascends the mountain sides via multiple switchbacks. At 2.5 miles in, you reach a peak that allows you to see from Reno to Washoe City; a perfectly good place for sane people to enjoy and turn back. However for the less intelligent, and more adventurous, Church's pond is a relatively easier 0.7 miles a...