Outdoors
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“I had been a private secretary, a silver miner and a silver mill operative, and amounted to less than nothing in each, and now–What to do next? I yielded to Higbie’s appeals and consented to try the mining once more.”
ILLUSTRATION BY Asa Gilmore
Best spot to smooch under the stars
1. Windy Hill
2. Lake Tahoe
3. Mount Rose
Best spot to run around naked
1. Burning Man
2. In my house/bed
3. Hidden Beach at Lake Tahoe
Best spot to hike
1. Mount Rose
2. Galena Creek
3. Tahoe Rim Trail
Best snowboarding
1. Mount Rose Ski Tahoe
22222 Mt. Rose Highway, 849-0704
2. Northstar at Tahoe
100 Northstar Drive, Truckee, (800) 466-6784
3. Squaw Valley USA
1960 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Village, Calif., (800) 403-0206
Best ski resort
1. Mount Rose Ski Tahoe
22222 Mt. Rose Highway, 849-0704
2. Northstar at Tahoe
100 Northstar Drive, Truckee, (800) 466-6784
3. Squaw Valley USA
1960 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Village, Calif., (800) 403-0206
Best skiing
1. Mount Rose Ski Tahoe
22222 Mt. Rose Highway, 849-0704
2. Squaw Valley USA
1960 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Village, Calif., (800) 403-0206
3. Northstar at Tahoe
100 Northstar Drive, Truckee, (800) 466-6784
Best skate park
1. Mira Loma Park
3000 S. McCarran Blvd.
2. Idlewild Park
1900 Idlewild Drive
3. Burgess Skate Park
700 Alma St., Menlo Park, Calif.
Best public tennis courts
1. City of Reno Tennis Complex
Plumas Street and Moana Lane
2. Whitaker Park
550 University Terrace
3. Caughlin Club
4100 Caughlin Parkway, 747-6006
Best public make-up spot
1. Lake Tahoe
2. Windy Hill
3. Truckee River
Best public break-up spot
1. Downtown Reno
2. Lake Tahoe
3. Starbucks
Best public basketball court
1. Wingfield Park/Barbara Bennett Park
400 Island Ave.
2. Tamarack Junction Casino
13101 S. Virginia St., 852-3600
Best playground
1. Idlewild Park
1900 Idlewild Drive
2. Rancho San Rafael Regional Park
1595 N. Sierra St.
3. Summit Ridge Park
4560 Summit Ridge Drive
Best place to swim
1. Lake Tahoe
2. Truckee River
3. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino
2707 S. Virginia St., (866) 821-9996
Best place to ride a personal watercraft
1. Lake Tahoe
2. Pyramid Lake
3. Boca/Stampede reservoirs
Best place for an outdoor tryst
1. Lake Tahoe
2. Burning Man
3. Pyramid Lake
Best picnic spot
1. Lake Tahoe
2. Rancho San Rafael Regional park
1595 N. Sierra St.
3. Galena Creek Regional Park
18350 Mt. Rose Highway
Best outdoor beer garden
1. Lincoln Lounge
306 E. Fourth St., 323-5426
2. Great Basin Brewing Co. in Sparks
846 Victorian Ave., 355-7711
3. Silver Peak
135 N. Sierra St., 284-3300
124 Wonder St., 324-3970
Best mountain biking
1. Northstar at Tahoe
100 Northstar Drive, Truckee, (800) 466-6784
2. Peavine Mountain
3. Flume Trail in Tahoe
Best local hot springs
1. David Walley’s Hot Springs Resort and Spa
2001 Foothill Road, Genoa, (775) 782-8155
2. Sierra Hot Springs
521 Campbell Hot Springs Road, Sierraville, Calif. (530) 994-3773
3. Carson City Hot Springs
1500 Old Hot Springs Road, Carson City, (888) 917-3711
Best golf course
1. D’Andrea Golf Club
2900 S. D’Andrea Parkway, Sparks, 331-6363
2. Lakeridge Golf Course
1218 Golf Club Drive, 825-2200
3. The Resort at Red Hawk
6590 N. Wingfield Parkway, Sparks, 626-1000
