Black Rock Rendezvous, Gerlach Nevada

Join the Friends of Black Rock, the Nevada Outdoor School, the Friends of Nevada Wilderness and other partner groups in the Black Rock Desert for a weekend of fun, education, exploration, music and more. The Black Rock Rendezvous celebrates the diversity of uses, and history of the Black Rock Desert Region while fostering stewardship.

TICKETS NOW ON SALE NOW, get them here: shopblackrockdesert.org
Tickets include all talks, tours, music and entertainment. Families, there is a FREE kids camp each day.

One day: $20 members, $30 non-members
Two day: $35 members, $55 non-members, includes 2 raffle tickets and 2 beer tickets
TWO DAY PRICE FOR NON MEMBERS ALSO INCLUDES INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP
Kids under 16 free.
Sunday dinner from Gordons BBQ, Fernley: $25

All event tickets will be held for pickup at the event, where you will receive a bracelet, raffle tickets, and beer tickets.

PETS: Pets are not recommended but are allowed if under control at all times. This means on a leash. Last year more than one dog was spooked and went missing during the fireworks display.

The schedule is still developing. Details forthcoming where noted. Check back prior to coming.
Print this PDF file if you have problems printing from the browser.

4pm - 8pm Dave Cooper camp host, cashier open. Arrive early to set up your camp, sign up to volunteer, and meet other event participants.

8pm - 11pm Talk around the campfire.

9am - 4pm KIDS CAMP: registration, name games/ make name tags, Team Building and Challenge Course Activities, cordage making, LNT lessons (Car Camping) Campsite Audit, Emigrant Trails: Stories, Games, Role Play, snack and story, games

• Welcome from Friends of Black Rock High Rock: Matthew "Metric" Ebert,
      Michael "Crow" Black, Will Roger Peterson, Dave Cooper, Debbie Smith
• BLM staff introductions:
     Gene Seidlitz, Alexander Howe, Curt Booher, Mark Gingrich, Roger Farschon
• Nevada Outdoor School: Andy Hart, Holly Palmer, Jen Stockton.
     Brief outline of kids activities
• Friends of Nevada Wilderness: Shaaron Netherton, Pat Bruce, Brian Beffort.
    Description of Steamboat volunteer service project
• Desert Research Institute:
    Ken Adams, Don Sada. Playa dynamics, description of riparian inventory project
• Talk and Tour leader introductions
• SAFETY PROCEDURES, Alexander Howe
• Camp guidelines and other business, Matthew Ebert

• Paiute Talk: Lorraine Watson, Summit Lake Paiute Tribe
• Emigrant history: David Valentine
• John C. Fremont/emigrants: Fred Horlacher
• Ranching history/culture: Jim Linebaugh, Jim Kudrna
• Burning Man: Will Roger Peterson

• Geology/hydrology: Mark Gingrich, BLM
• Archaeology: Ed Stoner
• Riparian: Ken Adams/Don Sada, Desert Research Institute
• Wildlife: Larry Johnson, Nevada Bighorns Unlimited
• Paleontology: Roger Farschon, BLM (5 pm)

• Rocketry: Peter Clay, AeroPac
• Dave Book: Ham Radio demostration

8am - 4pm KIDS CAMP: 7:50 registration, warm-ups, games, Exploratory Hike, Observation Lessons, Games, Orienteering, journaling, lunch (provided by NOS) and clean up, science craft, snack and story, Outdoor Skills, Creative Thinking Challenge, games, 4 5 pm mountain man skills w/ Kryer

• Emigrant Trail (Rabbit Hole to Mud Meadow) Terry Hardwicke
• Hot Springs David Book
• High Rock Canyon Roger Farschon, incl. Soldier Meadows
• Petroglyph/Leadville/petrified Valentine

Participants may choose to take this self-guided treasure hunt through the Black Rock Desert,
starting with a map and GPS coordinates. At each location, the coordinates and map for the
next location can be found. Find all 9 locations and get the special T-shirt gift.

Participants will convene at the Main Camp at 8 am to disembark to the starting line.
Transportation will be provided for bicycles and riders. The race will start at 10 am at
Sulphur near the old auto graveyard, and follows a dirt jeep trail along the railroad
tracks for 7 miles before turning west along the scenic and historic Applegate Lassen
Emigrant Trail. The route continues for an additional 10.7 miles, crossing the Quinn
River, and finishing at the Black Rock Hot Spring.

Cyclists must be prepared with appropriate clothing, sunscreen, and water!
There will be no comfort stations along the route.

There is a $25 entry fee, and all participants will receive an event T-shirt.
Cash prizes for the top three finishers will be a percentage of the total purse collected:
25% for 1st, 10% for 2nd, and 5% for 3rd place.
The remaining proceeds will cover overhead costs and benefit our year-round conservation
efforts in the Black Rock NCA. Great Basin Brewing Company will provide a selection of
their micro-brewed beers to be enjoyed by finishing participants of legal drinking age.

• Riparian (spring) inventory project - Don Sada
Help Friends of Black rock launch this important project which will achieve baseline inventory
for area springs, enabling restoration of these valuable resources for the use of wildlife.
Participants will visit Deep Hole Spring, Rabbit Hole Spring, & possibly others while assessing
their health through a newly-developed inventory procedure suitable for amateur volunteers.

• Steamboat road rehabilitation - Pat Bruce
Work with Pat Bruce and Friends of Nevada Wilderness to erase trespass roads near
Steamboat Hill. Wiping out these illegal roads helps keep them from proliferating
and aids in the re-establishment of vegetation and wildlife.

Breakfast/lunch provided for conservation volunteers.

5:00pm - 7pm FBRHR ANNUAL MEMBER MEETING
This is the Friends of Black Rock High Rock Annual meeting, where new board members are elected, officers are chosen, bylaws changes are adopted, and a review of the 2009 annual report is presented.

7pm - 8:00pm Gordons BBQ dinner - $25.00 Self Serve Buffet with servers on meats only.
3 meats: Championship Award Winning BBQ Beef Tri-Tip, Chicken (Legs & Thighs), & BBQ Pork Spare Ribs
Sides: Potato or Mac Salad, Our Famous Meaty Beans, Whole Sweet Kernel Corn in Butter, Fresh Dinner Roll with butter

9pm - 11pm HomeMade Jam Band bluegrass and acoustic country rock homemadejamband.com