Mount Rose Highway
Mount Rose Highway is a State Scenic Byway in Nevada. Within Nevada it covers roughly 30 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Mount Rose Highway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
State Route 431 climbs from the Reno area over the Mount Rose summit at 8,911 feet — the highest year-round mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada — on its way to Lake Tahoe's north shore. A high overlook near the top frames the blue expanse of Tahoe far below, ringed by peaks. The road passes the Mount Rose ski area and trailheads into the surrounding wilderness.
- Mount Rose summit (8,911 ft)
- Lake Tahoe overlook
- highest year-round Sierra pass
- Mount Rose ski area
- SR-431
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.