The Tahoe Rim Trail website has maps that can be downloaded, along with information about how to get to the major trailheads. The southern 2/3rds of the range is accessible through the Tahoe Rim Trail. The crest of the range is mostly above 8,000’, with some dips along the way with only two pass roads in between which are below 8,000’: US Highway 50 and Kingsbury Grade. This allows for a longer hiking and climbing season, typically starting in April and ending in early December for the foothills, with the high peaks mostly snow-free from June through mid-November. In fact, it receives about half the snowfall as mountains west of the lake. Unlike the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the west of Lake Tahoe, the Carson Range loses its snow much earlier, and gains it much later. Further north, Mount Rose stands at a respectable 10,776’, but has the advantage of far greater accessibility than Freel Peak. ![]() The Carson Range tops out at 10,881’ at Mount Freel near the southern end. The range starts north of Hope Valley and Highway 89 in El Dorado County, California and terminates at the Truckee River in Washoe County, Nevada and Alpine County, California. Snow Valley Peak rises over 4,000' above Washoe Valley. ![]() ![]() From the east, the Carson Range rises nearly 6,500' for Freel Peak and Mount Rose. The Carson Range rises high above the Truckee Meadows (Reno), the Washoe Valley and Carson Valley below. Snow Valley Peak 9214' from the Washoe Valley in late winter
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