Today we headed up to Mount Rose Ski Resort just outside of Reno. When we arrived yesterday in Reno we found temperatures in the 60's and worried about what to wear skiing today...figured we may have spring like conditions. What we found was not Spring in any form. When we arrived at the parking lot which happens to be at 8620 feet we found wind, cold and some snow flying around. Glad we decided to wear our usual gear...really glad once we were on the lifts.
On the road up to Mount Rose we noticed a very important sign. We didn't stop.The winds were blowing between 25-30 mph at the summit (9700 feet) which was not pleasant, especially when the lift we happened to be on didn't have a safety bar. Really not pleasant when we strapped into our snowboards...anyone for snow sailing from a lift? We're thinking that this place would have some really beautiful scenery...if you could see it, but the clouds & fog weren't helpful in that department.
The skiing was affected as well with the low visibility and high winds making the skiing so unpleasant we decided to switch to our boards right before lunch. The bunny slopes were a little too flat for working on Cindi's boarding so we took a break before trying something a tad bit steeper. Little did we know that things were about to get very interesting. You see when we came back out after lunch one of our boards went MIA...as in gone. The board simply vanished...not pleased after looking through all the racks and under the decks Cindi headed inside to report the theft of her board. Thankfully a fellow skier noticed us looking around & asked if we were missing a red board 'cause it just so happened that he'd seen it take off down the hill at a rapid rate. Apparently the high wind had blown it off the rack and gravity took over from there.
I dragged Cindi back outside to search the hills & ravines for her board...really wish we had bought our snowshoes out to the slopes because there was a good bit of snow to sink our feet into as we headed down the slope & into the woods. Thankfully we found the board stuck in some brush so we could resume our day without having to go board buying...thank goodness!
After some coaxing, Cindi agreed to head up to her first significant blue run. After some getting used to the steepness, she took to carving turns like a pro. Well at least she was making turns on some pretty steep stuff. Next, I'll have to work on her speed.
View of Reno from Mount Rose Road.
The gas station next to our hotel.
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