| Mount Rose | |
|---|---|
 Mt. Rose looking North from SR431, December 2008 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 10,785 ft (3,287 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 3,630 ft (1,106 m)[2] |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 39°20′38″N119°55′04″W / 39.343777756°N 119.917888594°W /39.343777756; -119.917888594[1] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Rose Nevada, U.S. | |
| Location | Washoe County,Nevada,U.S. |
| Parent range | Carson Range |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Rose |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Mount Rose Trail fromMount Rose Summit onNevada State Route 431 |
Mount Rose is the highestmountain inWashoe County, within theCarson Range ofNevada,United States. It ranks thirty-seventh among the mosttopographically prominent peaks in the state.[5] It is also both the highest and most topographically prominent peak of the greaterSierra Nevada range within the state of Nevada, and the third most topographically prominent peak in the Sierra Nevada overall. It is located in theMount Rose Wilderness of theHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. An extinct volcano,[6] the mountain is in betweenLake Tahoe andReno.[7]State Route 431 traversesMount 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 theTruckee Meadows, the second largest population center in Nevada.
According to one tradition, the peak was named after Jacob S, Rose, an early settler, while another tradition states the mountain has the name of Rose Hickman, an early explorer.[9]
Mount Rose Ski Tahoe is nearby, but is not on Mount Rose. Despite the name, the resort is actually on the slopes ofSlide Mountain, which is on the other side of Nevada State Route 431.[10] 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.[11]
Dr. James Edward Church of the University of Nevada established theMount Rose Weather Observatory, one of America's first high-altitude meteorological observatories, on June 29, 1905.[12][13]
Being athree-thousander and a mountain at a considerably high latitude, Mount Rose has (köppen: dsc) subarctic climate with long snowy winters and short, dry tepid summers. On average, the summit experiences four months with tepid temperatures (that being its summer from June–September) while the remainder of the year remains cold and chilly with frequent subzero temperatures. In contrast to the rest of Nevada, Mount Rose is plentiful in precipitation, and thus stands out from the state's predominantly hotsemi-arid/desert climate.
| Climate data for Mount Rose 39.3444 N, 119.9150 W, Elevation: 10,292 ft (3,137 m) (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 30.8 (−0.7) | 29.9 (−1.2) | 32.6 (0.3) | 36.5 (2.5) | 45.0 (7.2) | 55.0 (12.8) | 65.2 (18.4) | 64.5 (18.1) | 58.0 (14.4) | 47.5 (8.6) | 36.4 (2.4) | 30.3 (−0.9) | 44.3 (6.8) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 23.0 (−5.0) | 21.5 (−5.8) | 23.6 (−4.7) | 26.6 (−3.0) | 34.8 (1.6) | 44.0 (6.7) | 53.8 (12.1) | 53.0 (11.7) | 46.7 (8.2) | 37.2 (2.9) | 28.2 (−2.1) | 22.7 (−5.2) | 34.6 (1.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 15.2 (−9.3) | 13.2 (−10.4) | 14.6 (−9.7) | 16.7 (−8.5) | 24.6 (−4.1) | 33.0 (0.6) | 42.3 (5.7) | 41.5 (5.3) | 35.3 (1.8) | 26.9 (−2.8) | 19.9 (−6.7) | 15.0 (−9.4) | 24.8 (−4.0) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 10.99 (279) | 10.10 (257) | 9.55 (243) | 5.06 (129) | 3.00 (76) | 1.07 (27) | 0.38 (9.7) | 0.37 (9.4) | 0.72 (18) | 2.30 (58) | 5.87 (149) | 12.48 (317) | 61.89 (1,572.1) |
| Source: PRISM Climate Group[14] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Mount Rose, Nevada (station elevation 7,500ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 55 (13) | 58 (14) | 67 (19) | 68 (20) | 79 (26) | 82 (28) | 89 (32) | 88 (31) | 83 (28) | 77 (25) | 65 (18) | 58 (14) | 89 (32) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 37.0 (2.8) | 36.9 (2.7) | 36.9 (2.7) | 42.0 (5.6) | 55.6 (13.1) | 66.8 (19.3) | 75.0 (23.9) | 75.5 (24.2) | 67.0 (19.4) | 54.2 (12.3) | 43.0 (6.1) | 39.5 (4.2) | 52.5 (11.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 18.6 (−7.4) | 17.8 (−7.9) | 19.5 (−6.9) | 23.2 (−4.9) | 33.2 (0.7) | 41.0 (5.0) | 46.4 (8.0) | 47.6 (8.7) | 40.7 (4.8) | 32.1 (0.1) | 23.8 (−4.6) | 21.7 (−5.7) | 30.5 (−0.8) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −10 (−23) | −2 (−19) | −5 (−21) | 4 (−16) | 13 (−11) | 20 (−7) | 27 (−3) | 31 (−1) | 21 (−6) | 14 (−10) | 1 (−17) | −5 (−21) | −10 (−23) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 5.51 (140) | 4.90 (124) | 5.07 (129) | 2.11 (54) | 0.91 (23) | 0.55 (14) | 0.56 (14) | 0.91 (23) | 1.28 (33) | 1.67 (42) | 3.10 (79) | 4.03 (102) | 30.60 (777) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 16.8 (43) | 37.1 (94) | 43.0 (109) | 4.7 (12) | 0 (0) | 0.4 (1.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.1 (0.25) | 2.3 (5.8) | 2.3 (5.8) | 9.9 (25) | 116.6 (296) |
| Source: The Western Regional Climate Center[15] | |||||||||||||
To find the table data on the PRISM website, start by clickingCoordinates (underLocation); copyLatitude andLongitude figures from top of table; clickZoom to location; clickPrecipitation, Minimum temp, Mean temp, Maximum temp; click30-year normals, 1991-2020; click800m; clickRetrieve Time Series button.
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