IN THEIR TRACKS
• Revisit the ill-fated journey of the Donner Party during a guided hike presented by the Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce.
Six morning hikes will be offered Oct. 4, from moderate to strenuous levels of difficulty. The interpretive hike will take participants through the events of the Donner Party and focus on the growth of the area's ice and timber industries, and the importance of the transcontinental railroad in shaping the Sierra.
The hikes will be followed by a barbecue and presentation by author-historian Mark McLaughlin. The hikes begin and end at Sugar Bowl Lodge, Highway 40 off the Soda Springs exit. Registration is 7:30-9 a.m. Cost is $45.
A more leisurely guided walk at the Donner Party encampment site and a visit to the Emigrant Trail Museum will be offered Oct. 5. The walks begin at 9 a.m. at the Donner Camp Picnic Area off Highway 89. Cost is $10.
For more information: (530) 587-8808.
OUTDOOR FLINGS BEFORE FALL SETS IN
The end of summer doesn't mean the end of outdoor activities. Mark your calendar for these events.• A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of a 4.5-mile section of the Tahoe Rim Trail out of the Tahoe City North Trailhead off Highway 89, on Fairway Drive; 10 a.m. Tuesday; www.tahoerimtrail.org.
• The Feather and Bear rivers flatwater tour with River Partners, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Oct. 4 (launch at Star Bend Boat Launch, 2034 Feather River Blvd., south of Marysville in Yuba County); free, but reservations are required (bring your own canoe or kayak); (530) 894-5401.
• The Capital City Mountain Goat 4X4 Club's safety clinics, 8 a.m. Oct. 11 and 12 at Prairie City State Vehicular Recreation Area off White Rock Road east of Sacramento; $60 per driver, $5 per passenger; (916) 455-9930.
• Guided tour on mining in Moonlight Valley, northeast of Indian Valley, led by Norman Lamb, president of the California-Engels Mining Co., and Robert Wetzel, geologist for Sheffield Resources' Moonlight Project, as part of the Sierra Institute's Center of Forestry tour series; 8:30 a.m. Oct. 11; $45; (530) 284-1022.
HOW TO REACH OUTBOUND
Bob EhlertAssistant features editor
(916) 321-1101
behlert@sacbee.com
Genny Howe
Features editorial assistant
(916) 321-1150
ghowe@sacbee.com
To submit events or news about recreational sports, water sports, hiking, biking, camping, fishing, rock climbing, or four-wheeling, please send information at least two weeks in advance to Outbound, The Sacramento Bee, P.O. Box 15779, Sacramento< CA 95852; fax (916) 556-5625; or e-mail outdoors@sacbee.com.
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