** See below for carpool meeting location.**

From the organizers of Grass Valley Dyke Night, we bring you Dyke Hikes! We are creating events to build up the female queer community in the Grass Valley/Nevada City area and beyond. We are working to create fun and local events that help people connect with each other. This is a hike for queer women and those that identify as female (cis and trans) and non-binary folk.

On May 26th, we will be hiking on the Bullards Bar Trail in the Tahoe National Forest. We will have about a 2-3 hour total hike time and do approximately 5 miles total with a stop at the turn around spot for lunch, swimming and relaxing, and then we will head back the way we came. This is a beautiful trail that follows the edge of the Bullards Bar Reservoir, one of the warmest places to swim in the area. The abundant rich minerals in the reservoir gives the water its beautiful color.

The giant sword ferns will be out and the trail is mostly in the shade under trees. It is not handicapped accessible and everyone will be hiking at their own risk. We will have a first aid kit if needed. It is an established winding, fairly level trail with mostly flat terrain. Elevation gain is very minimal.

Well-behaved pets are welcome on or off leash, but they are your responsibility.

What to bring: water, lunch, hat, swim wear/towel, comfortable shoes- regular running shoes are fine for this trail, sunscreen, bug protection or longer sleeves, ticks can be present outdoors this time of year, so long pants are recommended.

The best time for warmer weather hiking is in the morning. We are going to meet in Grass Valley at 8- 8:30am and carpool to the trail (about 45 mins drive).

Park and meet in front of Flour Garden off Brunswick exit at 999 Sutton Way. We will carpool from there!