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Mount Rose Ski Tahoe (commonly known as Mount Rose) is a ski resort in Nevada, United States. The resort is situated in the Sierra Nevada mountains, near to Reno, Incline Village, and Lake Tahoe. Despite the name, the resort is actually on the slopes of Slide Mountain rather than Mount Rose, which is on the other side of Nevada State Route 431.
Of the 503 ski areas, 390 are "public U.S. ski areas that run chairlifts" and "113 either run only surface lifts, or are not open to the general public", says to Storm Skiing. [5] Of the 390 public, chairlift areas, 233 or 60% have joined one or more United States–based, international multi-mountain ski pass , according to Storm Skiing.
Mount Rose Ski Tahoe, a recreational ski resort in Nevada; Mount Rose Summit, a mountain pass on Nevada State Route 431; Mount Rose Weather Observatory, a historic observatory on the summit; Mount Rose Wilderness, protected wilderness area in the Carson Range; Mount Rose (New Jersey), a section of the Rocky Hill Ridge in Mercer County, New Jersey
The southern terminus of SR 878 is at the eastern base of Slide Mountain, in the mountains of the Carson Range near Lake Tahoe, at the parking lot for the Winters Creek Lodge of the Mount Rose Ski Resort. From this point, one can see Washoe Valley and Washoe Lake in the distance.
The road has existed at least as far back as 1950 as an access to the ski areas of Mount Rose. At the time, it was just a dirt road only passable by automobile in the summer months. [3] Approximately 20 miles (32 km) of SR 431 was designated as the Mount Rose Nevada Scenic Byway by the Nevada Department of Transportation on June 27, 1996. [4]
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The view from Mount Rose facing east is the Truckee Meadows, the second largest population center in Nevada. According to one tradition, the peak was named after Jacob S, Rose, an early settler, while another tradition states the mountain has the name of Rose Hickman, an early explorer. [9] Mount Rose Ski Tahoe is