Outdoors
Readers’ choice
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
3. Heavenly Mountain Resort
3860 Saddle Road, South Lake Tahoe, (775) 586-7000
Best place to ride personal watercraft
1. Lake Tahoe
2. Pyramid Lake
3. Lahontan Reservoir
Best snowboarding
1. Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe
22222 Mount Rose Highway, 849-0704
2. Northstar-At-Tahoe
100 Northstar Drive, Truckee, Calif., (530) 562-2490
3. Heavenly Mountain Resort
3860 Saddle Road, South Lake Tahoe, Calif., (775) 586-7000
Best skate park
1. Idlewild Park
805 Idlewild Drive
2. Rattlesnake Mountain/ Mira Loma
Mira Loma Drive at South McCarran Boulevard
3. Lazy 5 Regional Park
7100 Pyramid Lake Hwy.
Best golfing
1. Red Hawk Golf Club at Wingfield Springs
6600 N. Wingfield Parkway, Sparks, 626-6000
2. Lakeridge Golf Course
1218 Golf Club Drive, 825-2200
3. Arrow Creek Golf Club
2905 Arrowcreek Parkway, 850-4630
Best place to run around naked
1. Burning Man
Jesse Pike of Rainshadow Community Charter School does his stuff at Idlewild Park, Reno’s Best Skate Park.
2. Lake Tahoe
3. Downtown
Best mountain biking
1. Tahoe Rim Trail
2. Mount Rose
3. Keystone Canyon
Best spot to hike
1. Tahoe Rim Trail
2. Mt. Rose
3. Galena Creek
Best picnic spot
1. Lake Tahoe
2. Rancho San Rafael Park
3. Idlewild Park
Best spot to smooch under the stars
1. Lake Tahoe
2. Windy Hill, off of Lakeside Drive
3. Downtown River Walk
Best place for an outdoor tryst
1. Lake Tahoe
2. Pyramid Lake
3. Burning Man
