Mt. Rose, Nevada
After hiking many 10+ miles trails in bay area, we were itching to hike in Sierras. We decided to hike Mount Rose (10776 feet elevation) near Lake Tahoe on Nevada side. It is second tallest peak in the Tahoe basin. This hike is around 11 miles with approximately 2400 feet elevation change. Normally, this would have been a regular hike for us, but the weather made this hike very interesting. Just 2 days before our scheduled hike, there was a big storm, which dumped more than a foot of snow above 6000 feet elevation level. We reached the Mt. Rose trailhead (8900 feet elevation) at 11.00am on Saturday. Weather was sunny with temperatures in high 40s with wind around at 10 mph. The trail was all covered with snow from anywhere between 6 inches to a foot. Some places the snow was soft powder and some places it was slushy. It made very difficult taking each step. We soon realized that this would be a challenging hike. We started on a direct route up by Mt. Rose Summit trail. Thi...