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January 2022
National Cowboy Poetry Gathering – Elko – CANCELLED
CANCELLED Announcing the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering It all began as a time and place where Western ranchers and cowboys could gather to share poems about their lives working cattle. Three decades later, the tribe is now a nation of Western poets, musicians, artisans and storytellers, sharing their creativity across the country, telling their stories of hard work, heartbreak and hilarity, and what it means to make your way in the rangeland West. The 38th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering will…
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Great Basin Cowboy Gear Show and Sale – Elko
Welcome to our Show and Sale of the finest quality items available from contemporary artists and craftsmen in the trades of saddlemaking, bit making, spur making, silversmithing, rawhide braiding, etc. In conjunction with the 2022 Bit Contest & Sale, the Cowboy Arts & Gear Museum will host a Gear Show & Sale January 26, 27 & 28, 2022. We are seeking contemporary artists and craftsmen in the trades of saddle makers, bit makers, spur makers, silversmiths, rawhide braiders and others.…
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Rotary Ice Fishing Derby – Ely
tIceFishingDerby The ice fishing event of the year is right here in White Pine County on February 5th! Join the community and others for the 2022 Rotary Club of Ely Ice Fishing Derby at Comins Lake. This year’s event will take place at Comins Lake as repairs are being done on the Cave Lake dam. The fishing starts bright and early at 8 a.m. on the 5th. Pre-Registration is Feb. 4 at the Bristlecone Convention Center during business hours. If…
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Northern Nevada Photography Workshop – Ely
Our photography workshops are an intensive three and a half day experience that is based at photogenic Nevada Northern Railway, National Historic Landmark in Ely Nevada. Time stopped at the railroad. You will be able to hone your photography skills under the tutelage of two of the best known rail photographers in the western United States, Steve Crise and Mike Massee. Our workshops offers an in-depth, hands-on photographic instruction in a time capsule that is essentially unchanged since it was…
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Ely Film Festival
Ely has a long standing history of being photogenic and embodying the character of the open west. With it’s historic buildings and train, gorgeous mountain landscape, and friendly community, Ely has been a great place to film since the 1920’s. Movies fillmed: Covered Wagon, Operation Haylift, Lust for Freedom, Once Upon a Texas Train, Guncrazy, Roadside Prophets, My Blueberry Nights, Rat Race, Infernum, Reaptown, Horror in the High, Desert, Horror in the High Desert ll, The Great Darkened Days, Poderosa,…
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Turkey Vulture Stretch 5K
Every March, sometime around the first day of spring and St. Patty's Day, the Turkey Vultures return to Ely after a relaxing winter in South America. Dust off your running shoes and join us in a 5K run/walk in honor of these unique birds! The route takes you past the Ely City Cemetery where you can catch a glimpse of the Turkey Vultures stretching and warming their wings in the cottonwood trees! Join us for our annual end-of-winter, welcome-spring, get-off-the-couch…
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Rocky’s Backyard Ultra – Cathedral Gorge State Park
Rocky Road Adventures is so excited to bring you all a Backyard Ultra right here in rural Nevada. YOU’LL WANT JOIN US HERE IN LINCOLN COUNTY NEVADA FOR THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE OF THE BODY AND BATTLE OF THE MIND! 1st Annual ROCKY’S BACKYARD ULTRA ~ RURAL NEVADA HAS SO MUCH TO OFFER >> GHOST TOWNS, HISTORY, BEAUTIFUL SCENERY, & EASY-GOING LIFE ~ Participants will run a 4.1667 mile loop every hour until only one person is standing. You have…
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Caliente Crusher – Kershaw-Ryan State Park
The Redemption Loop at Kershaw-Ryan State Park is the course set for the Caliente Crusher. With a sizable uphill start, you quickly find yourself positioning into a single file to breeze down the nearly 3 miles of gradual slalom like descent. At the bottom, you're met with soft soils and pinion pines while you work your way back toward the last mile of a challenging uphill. Both Middle and High school student-athletes will take on the same 5.5 mile course…
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Nevada Open Road Challenge – 2022
For the past three decades, driving enthusiasts from around the world have gathered on the third Sunday of May in the Nevada high desert for the one of the truly most unique automotive events. Traverse 90 to 120 miles of closed, two-lane public highway, comprised of long fast straights, sweeping corners, blind dips, even carving through a twisty canyon. The current course record stands at 219.6430 mph average speed, as recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records. The…
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Broken Record 3/6 Hr MTB Challenge – Kershaw-Ryan State Park
Come get loopy at this 1st annual mountain bike lap race being held at Kershaw-Ryan State Park in Caliente, Nv, the Broken Record 3 & 6 Hr MTB Challenge. This 6.5 mile circuit will be held on the single-track mountain bike trail system at the top of Kershaw Canyon. EVENTS & CATEGORIES 3-Hour: Youth, Female Open, Male Open 6-Hour: Youth, Female Open, Male Open Youth class is 17 & Under, parent/guardian must be present at all times will youth rider…
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