Mt. Rose Ski/Run

After driving over Mt. Rose Pass on our way to Incline Village from the Reno airport, we knew we would have to rollerski it sometime during this camp. The highway is the highest all season pass in the Sierras topping out at 8,900 ft. The summit had snow, mountains, alpine meadows and great views of Lake Tahoe so we were all excited to check it out. Today’s workout was a classic ski starting from our house in Incline Village up to the summit of Mt. Rose Pass. Due to the incline of the road, it was basically only striding for the entire almost two hour ski. We were treated to very sunny skies and warm temperatures. The pavement was quite smooth, the traffic was relatively low and there was even a rumble strip separating us from the oncoming cars making for a much safer rollerski than some of the other days. When we reached the top of the highway, Pepa was waiting with the van and we switched classic skis for running shoes and headed up the Mt. Rose trail. We didn’t quite make it to the summit but we did get into some snow and enviously crossed ski tracks. Definitely my favorite day of the camp so far!

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Girls team striding up highway

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Suns out guns out

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The team at the top of Mt. Rose Pass

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Time to rent skis?