Outdoors
Readers’ choices
Illustration By Rick Sealock
Best skiing
1. Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe
22222 Mount Rose Highway, 849-0704
2. Squaw Valley USA
1960 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, Calif., (530) 583-6955
Best place to ride personal watercraft
1. Lake Tahoe
2. Pyramid Lake
Best snowboarding
1. Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe
2222 Mount Rose Highway, 849-0704
2. Squaw Valley USA
1960 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, Calif., (530) 583-6955
Best skate park
1. Rattlesnake Mountain/Mira Loma
Mira Loma Drive at South McCarran Boulevard
2. Idlewild Park
805 Idlewild Drive
Best golfing
1. Red Hawk Golf Club at Wingfield Springs
6600 No. Wingfield Parkway, Sparks, 626-6000.
2. Montreux Golf and Country Club
18077 Bordeaux Drive, 849-9496
Best place to run around naked
1. Burning Man
2. Lake Tahoe
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Photo By David Robert
1. Tahoe Rim Trail
2. Peavine Mountain
Best spot to hike
1. Mt. Rose
2. Tahoe Rim Trail
Best picnic spot
1. Rancho San Rafael Park
2. Idlewild Park
2. Lake Tahoe
Best spot to smooch under the stars
1. Windy Hill
off Lakeside Drive
2. Lake Tahoe
Best place for an outdoor tryst
1. Lake Tahoe
2. Windy Hill
