Outdoors
Readers’ choices
Best skiing
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
3. Northstar-at-Tahoe,
Truckee, Calif., (530) 562-1010
Best place to ride personal watercraft
1. Lake Tahoe
2. Pyramid Lake
3. Boca Reservoir
Best snowboarding
1. Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe
2222 Mount Rose Highway, 849-0704
2. Northstar-at-Tahoe,
Truckee, Calif. (530) 562-1010
3. Boreal Mountain Resort,
Interstate 80, near Donner Summit, Calif., (530) 583-6955
Best skate park
1. Rattlesnake Mountain/Mira Loma
Mira Loma Drive at South McCarran Boulevard
Our readers said the Rattlesnake Mountain Skate Park is the best place to catch some air. Skater Sean Pearson would probably concur.
Photo By David Robert
2. Idlewild Park,
805 Idlewild Drive
3. Burgess Park,
Pyramid Way between Greenbrae Drive and Holman Way
Best golfing
1. Red Hawk Golf Club at Wingfield Springs
6600 N. Wingfield Parkway, Sparks, 626-6000
2. Lakeridge Golf Course,
1200 Razor Back Road, 825-2200
3. Montreux Golf and Country Club,
18077 Bordeaux Drive, 849-9496
Best mountain biking
1. Tahoe Rim Trail
2. Lake Tahoe
3. Northstar-at-Tahoe,
Truckee, Calif., (530) 562-1010
Best spot to hike
1. Mt. Rose
2. Lake Tahoe
3. Tahoe Rim Trail
Best spot to smooch under the stars
1. Windy Hill
off of Lakeside Drive
2. Lake Tahoe
2. Pyramid Lake
