Cold Springs, Austin, and the Reese River Valley see a pulse of weekend traffic that has nothing to do with magnesium and everything to do with people trying to get to the Sierra the long way, or coming back from it.
Roads · Saturday, September 12, 2026
Austin and Cold Springs weekend: leaf-peepers and the long 50
Traffic that thinks it is going to Tahoe sometimes still ends up on our highway.
The Record Desk· Staff
Cold Springs, Austin, Reese River Valley, Carson City, Reno, Tahoe, Mammoth Lakes · filed 4:30 PM