As is the tradition, we stayed at the Sands Regency in Reno. It's not the best hotel and the casino is pretty dirty, but it is cheap and conveniently located. Plus, we're guests of the S.K. so we can't really be choosers.
We hiked two loop trails. The first trail was in Bear Valley Discovery Loop. The second trail included an off trail scramble as we hiked off the trail around a little pond off of the Glacier Meadow Loop. Although the distance travelled wasn't much, scrambling along the base of the cliffs forming the ridge between Highway 80 and to old Donner Pass road was challenging.
The next day we woke up bright and early and had breakfast at the Atlantis casino, then drove south on 395 to Mt. Rose pass. We probably made only about 2 1/2 miles as the trail was blocked by snow. We ran into other hikers who had made 2 other attempts. They had been blocked at the parking lot on the first try, and at the top of the first short climb on the second try. Another hiker recommended that we take the alternate mountain bike route as it was on the west face and the snow was likely to have melted.
We also drove north on 395 and looked at some houses in Bordertown. It's a nice area and within commute distance to Reno.
It was a lot of fun for me to chat with everyone at BOE and hear the various stories. The gambling was amusing, but as usual, I did not win anything to speak of.
We'll have to try that Mt. Rose summit again, once all of the snow has melted.
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