The Mt. Rose Wilderness is a protected
wilderness area
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in the
Carson Range
The Carson Range is a spur of the Sierra Nevada in eastern California and western Nevada that starts at Carson Pass and stretches north to the Truckee River near Verdi, Nevada.
Geography
The mountain range is about 50 miles (80 km) long a ...
of
Washoe County
Washoe County () is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 486,492, making it Nevada's second-most populous county. Its county seat is Reno. Washoe County is included in the Reno, NV Metropolitan Statis ...
, in the northwestern
U.S. state
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of
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
. It is located between
Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe (; Washo language, Washo: ''dáʔaw'') is a Fresh water, freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the Western United States, straddling the border between California and Nevada. Lying at above sea level, Lake Tahoe is the largest a ...
and
Reno, Nevada
Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County, Nevada, Washoe County. Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, ...
.
The Mt. Rose Wilderness, including
Mount Rose, covers an area of approximately , and is administered by the
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The area was protected in 1989.
Mount Rose Wilderness has been home to the
Washoe Tribe
The Washoe or Wašišiw ("people from here", transliterated in older literature as ''Wa She Shu'') are a Great Basin tribe of Native Americans of the United States, Native Americans, living near Lake Tahoe at the border between California and N ...
for over 400 generations. It is an ecological transition and is in between the
Sierra Nevada's Carson Range
The Carson Range is a spur of the Sierra Nevada in eastern California and western Nevada that starts at Carson Pass and stretches north to the Truckee River near Verdi, Nevada.
Geography
The mountain range is about 50 miles (80 km) long a ...
and the
Great Basin
The Great Basin () is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds, those with no outlets to the ocean, in North America. It spans nearly all of Nevada, much of Utah, and portions of California, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, and Baja Californi ...
. There are different plants native to both regions. The elevation of the protected area is from in West Reno to at the peak of Mount Rose.
See also
*
Mount Rose Weather Observatory
*
Nevada Wilderness Areas
*
List of wilderness areas in Nevada
The National Wilderness Preservation System includes 806 wilderness areas protecting of federal land . They are managed by four agencies:
*National Park Service (NPS)
*United States Forest Service (USFS)
*United States Fish and Wildlife Service ...
*
Mount Houghton
*
Relay Peak
References
External links
official Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest websiteNational Atlas: Map of Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
Rose Wilderness
Rose Wilderness
Rose Wilderness
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