Came out of Reno and the sign on the highway to Mt Rose said "chain requires". Not on this lightly snow, I pressed on to the ski area. No Nev highway patrol check points!
Got to parking lot around 10:30 and on the trail around 11am
Parking lot sign of the Mt Rose trail
The restroom is close (for real) due to weather.
it was snowing on and off but not much wind on the south face. however, it is hard to find the trail so I just randomly followed snowshoe or XC ski trace to get up to the ridge. Lots of XC skier, I guessed they felt blessed with all powder this year compared to last.
Skier going down
Hiked on snowshoe till 1pm I found a snack spot hiding from the afternoon snow and wind
Me and tired at 9000ft
Back to the parking lot at 3:30 to pick up the kids at the ski resort. It was cold now and still snowing