A World Class Winter Destination

    When it comes to outdoor adventures, the Reno-Tahoe area is a breath of fresh air. Land, sea or air, “America’s Adventure Place” goes the distance, offering panoply of recreational opportunities for thrill-seekers and naturalists alike. Picture yourself soaring down a snow-capped mountain trail, biking along the shoreline of a crystal clear lake or hiking on a gorgeous high desert trail with every imaginable kind of desert flora and fauna all around you. You’ll find all this, plus a lot more in Reno-Tahoe.

When the weather turns cold, the Reno-Tahoe region is transformed into a snow-blanketed playground, attracting ski enthusiasts and snowboarders from around the world. Reno-Tahoe boasts the highest concentration of ski and snowboard resorts in all of North America. In fact, within an hour of Reno, you’ll find 18 alpine ski resorts and a dozen meticulously groomed cross-country ski areas. Our resorts offer runs and trails and terrain parks for every level of skier or boarder and every degree of talent. There are challenging moguls and powder chutes for veterans, spectacular half-pipes and terrain parks, rails and trick jumps for snowboarders and bunny trails for the little ones. Plus, with an average of 40 feet of snow per year in the Sierras, there’s no shortage of pristine virgin powder to elevate your winter fun to new heights.

King Tut Museum

This full-scale reproduction of King Tutankhamen’s tomb includes the antechamber, annex, burial chamber, and treasury housing replicas of the glittering inventory discovered by archaeologists Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon in the Valley of Kings at Luxor in 1922.

It was all handcrafted in Egypt by artisans using historically correct gold leaf and linens, pigments, tools, and ancient methods, and all items have been meticulously positioned according to Carter’s records. It’s hardly like seeing the real thing, but if you aren’t going to Egypt anytime soon, perhaps checking out reproductions isn’t a bad idea.