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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.
An extinct volcano, [6] the mountain is in between Lake Tahoe and Reno. [7] State Route 431 traverses Mount Rose Summit southeast of Mount Rose. [7] Due to the high elevation, most of the precipitation that falls on the mountain is snow. [8] The view from Mount Rose facing east is the Truckee Meadows, the second largest population center in Nevada.
Slide Mountain dominates the Reno skyline, standing 5,000 feet (1,500 m) above the city just to the south of its larger neighbor Mount Rose. Several ski trails and a maintenance road lead to the summit, making the hike to the top an easy one, especially from the Mount Rose Summit Campground located on State Route 431 at the Northwest base.
Comparison table of Lake Tahoe area ski resorts Resort name State Nearest city Peak elevation Base elevation Vertical drop Skiable acreage Average annual snowfall [1] Number of trails; Palisades Tahoe [2] California: Olympic Valley: 9,050 ft (2,760 m) 6,200 ft (1,900 m) 2,850 ft (870 m) 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) 407 in (1,030 cm) 270 Mammoth ...
Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe: 126 to 172 inches. Northstar California Resort: 155 inches. What’s in the weather forecast for Tahoe? Snow is in the forecast for South Lake Tahoe over the next five days ...
State Route 431 (SR 431), commonly known as the Mount Rose Highway, is a 24.413-mile-long (39.289 km) highway in Washoe County, Nevada, that connects Incline Village at Lake Tahoe with Reno. The highway, a Nevada Scenic Byway , takes its name from Mount Rose , which lies just off the highway.
Here’s how much snow has fallen at ski and snowboarding resorts in Tahoe so far this season, as of Tuesday, according to their websites: Sugar Bowl Ski Resort : 31 to 46 inches Kirkwood Mountain ...
Mount Rose may refer to: Mount Rose (Washington), a summit in the Olympic Mountains; Mount Rose Station, a proposed hotel and casino next to The Summit in Reno, Nevada; Mount Rose (Nevada), a mountain peak in Washoe County, Nevada Mount Rose Ski Tahoe, a recreational ski resort in Nevada; Mount Rose Summit, a mountain pass on Nevada State Route 431