Mount Rose (Nevada)

Mount Rose
Highest point
Elevation 10,785 ft (3,287 m)  NAVD 88[1]
Prominence 3,630 ft (1,110 m) [2]
Listing Nevada County High Points 8th[2]
Coordinates 39°20′38″N 119°55′04″W / 39.343777756°N 119.917888594°W / 39.343777756; -119.917888594Coordinates: 39°20′38″N 119°55′04″W / 39.343777756°N 119.917888594°W / 39.343777756; -119.917888594 [1]
Geography
Mount Rose

Location Washoe County, Nevada, U.S.
Parent range Carson Range
Topo map USGS Mount Rose
Climbing
Easiest route Mount Rose Trail from Mount Rose Summit on Nevada State Route 431

Mount Rose is the highest mountain in Washoe County, within the Carson Range of Nevada, United States. It ranks thirty-seventh among the most topographically prominent peaks in the state.[3] It is also both the highest and most topographically prominent peak of the greater Sierra Nevada range within the state of Nevada, and the third most topographically prominent peak in the Sierra Nevada overall. It is located in the Mount Rose Wilderness of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. An extinct volcano,[4] the mountain is in between Lake Tahoe and Reno.[5] State Route 431 traverses Mount Rose Summit southeast of Mount Rose.[5] Due to the high elevation, most of the precipitation that falls on the mountain is snow.[6]

Mount Rose Ski Tahoe is nearby but is not on Mount Rose. Despite the name, the resort is actually on the slopes of Slide Mountain, which is on the other side of Nevada State Route 431.[7] The east slope of Slide Mountain, is the East Bowl of Mt. Rose. In 1964, the north side of Slide Mountain was named Mount Rose Ski Area and Reno Ski Bowl was renamed Slide Mountain Ski Area. In 1987 the two ski areas merged and began operation as one resort named Mt. Rose.[8]

Dr. James Edward Church of the University of Nevada established the Mount Rose Weather Observatory, one of America's first high-altitude meteorological observatories, on June 29, 1905.[9][10]

Summit panorama

Mount Rose view
360-degree panorama from the summit of Mount Rose

Climate

John Brayshaw Kaye, a poet, lawyer and politician, wrote a poem called Mount Rose

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mt Rose". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  2. 1 2 "Mount Rose, Nevada". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  3. ↑ "Nevada Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
  4. ↑ "Lake Tahoe Facts, Natural History, & Human History". Tahoe Adventure Sports. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
  5. 1 2 "Google Maps". Google. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
  6. ↑ "Subsection M261Et - Carson Range". USDA, Forest Service. Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  7. ↑ Joseph V. Tingley; Becky Weimer Purkey; University of Nevada, Reno (1 January 2005). Geologic and Natural History Tours in the Reno Area. NV Bureau of Mines & Geology. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-888035-09-4. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "Tahoe Resorts A to Z". TahoeeTopia. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
  9. ↑ "HM 230, Mount Rose Weather Observatory". Nevada Landmarks. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  10. ↑ Church, J.E., Jr. (June 1908). "Mount Rose Weather Observatory". Agricultural Experiment Station the University of Nevada 67: 7. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
  11. ↑ "Seasonal Temperature and Precipitation Information". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved 2013-11-18.

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