The portapotty has been removed from the Mount Rose trailhead. In fact, all the portapottys at pullout areas along the lake road had been removed, too. A ripple effect from the global trade war, perhaps?
The trail up Mount Rose was in great shape. We saw no snow till well above Horse Camp at around 3600 feet where small scattered patches first appeared. The snow became continuous under cover of forest starting at 3700 feet. By 4100 feet, we were on the final ridge approach and all the snow disappeared. It remained completely dry all the way to the summit. We had taken the left loop out of Horse Camp and came down the same way. The density of the snow was mostly solid, making microspikes ideal. We saw a few areas where others had post-holed, but they were easy to avoid. It was a quiet Saturday. The weather may have played in part in keeping the weekend crowd away.
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