Tahoe Meadows
Mount Rose Hwy · near Incline Village · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Nordic & Snowshoe
At a glance
- Best season
- Dec–Apr; high, snow-sure meadow (~8,700 ft)
What is here
- Activities
- snowshoe · backcountry · classic
- Setting
- meadow
- Amenities
- Vast open meadow · Snow-sure high elevation · Easy beginner terrain · Backcountry touring access
- Best for
- Accessible high-country snow play
- Features
- Huge gentle meadow · Reliable Mount Rose snow · Beginner snowshoe & tour · Sweeping mountain views
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Open meadow whiteouts in storms · High elevation & cold · No grooming — self-navigate · Roadside parking fills fast
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Guides, rentals and operators
- Rentals
- No
Nordic & Snowshoe detail
- Venue
- sno-park
- Ability
- beginner
- Snow
- 5
- Trail notes
- A vast, gentle snow-blanketed meadow high on the Mount Rose Highway — one of Tahoe's most popular and accessible spots for beginner snowshoeing and backcountry Nordic touring
- Terrain note
- ~8,700 ft open meadow; ungroomed; very reliable snow
- Intl tip
- A broad open meadow high on the Mount Rose Hwy — one of Tahoe's most popular, accessible spots for snowshoeing and backcountry Nordic touring. Gentle, wide-open terrain at ~8,700 ft holds some of the region's most reliable snow: a paradise for beginners and families to wander, break trail, and soak up sweeping views, and a launch point for tours toward Mount Rose and Chickadee Ridge. High, open, ungroomed — storms bring whiteouts, no marked trail, and parking fills fast. Arrive early, self-navigate, dress warmly.
The guide
Tahoe Meadows, a broad expanse of open meadow high on the Mount Rose Highway between Incline Village and Reno, is one of the mo…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Tahoe Meadows — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.3, -119.92