Outdoors
Readers’ choices
Best skiing
Mount Rose
2222 Mount Rose Highway, 849-0704
2. Squaw Valley USA, 1960 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, (530) 583-6955
3. Alpine Meadows, Tahoe City, (530) 581-8225
Best snowboarding
Mount Rose
2222 Mount Rose Highway, 849-0704
2. Squaw Valley USA, 1960 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, (530) 583-6955
3. Boreal Mountain Resort, Interstate 80, near Donner Summit, (530) 583-6955
Best skate park
Idlewild Skatepark
Reno
2. Burgess Skatepark, Sparks
3. Stoney’s Indoor Skatepark, 265 Keystone Ave., 828-4107
Best golfing
Red Hawk Golf Club
at Wingfield Springs, 6600 N. Wingfield Parkway, Sparks, 626-6000
2. Washoe Golf Course, 2601 S. Arlington Ave., 828-6640
3. Lakeridge Golf Course, 1200 Razor Back Road, 825-2200
Best mountain biking
Tahoe Rim Trail
2. Flume Trail
3. Peavine Mountain
Best bowling
Reno Hilton
2500 E. Second St., 789-2295
2. Starlite Bowl, 1201 Stardust Circle, 747-3522
3. High Sierra Lanes, 3390 S. Virginia St., 825-1048
Best spot to hike
Tahoe Rim Trail
2. Mount Rose
3. Tahoe Meadows
Best spot to smooch under the stars
Windy Hill
off of Lakeside Drive
2. Home or “in my backyard”
3. Lake Tahoe
HM: Anywhere with no lights
