Mount Rose Wilderness

The Mt. Rose Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Carson Range of Washoe County, in the northwestern U.S. state of Nevada. It is located between Lake Tahoe and Reno, Nevada.
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 of Nevada and California|Washoe Tribe] for over 400 generations. It is an ecological transition and is in between the Sierra Nevada's Carson Range and the Great Basin. 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.