Nevada Sledding Hills: 5 Parks That Name One

Q: Is there snow tubing in Nevada?

2 of the 5 hills below are published as a tubing run rather than a sledding hill. A tubing run usually runs to published hours and often closes for conditions, which a sledding hill rarely does.

Q: How do you know whether a hill in Nevada is open?

No hill here publishes a conditions feed, so opening follows snow rather than a date. The agency page for the park is where a closure appears first.

Q: Which state has the most designated sledding hills?

New York, with 14. Across the country 202 hills are named by the agency that runs them, spread over 35 states, and 15 states name none at all.

5

Hills a public agency names

in 3 towns

The state

Most of them named by

1 local, 2 state, 2 national forest

3

That print no charge

Nevada State Parks Annual Day Use Permit may be needed to park

2 / 1 / 0

Tubing, tow or lights

1 publish hours, 0 a conditions page

The answer

Whose website to open first in Nevada

Nevada has 5 hills that a public agency has named for sledding in writing. Of those, 1 is run by a county, metro or city park department, 2 by the state, 2 by a national forest.

County, metro or city: 1
State park or forest: 2
National forest: 2

Nevada splits its designations evenly between the state and a national forest, so neither one is the single website to open first.
3 of the 5 print no charge and 2 print a fee or a parking charge.
Nevada runs a Nevada State Parks Annual Day Use Permit, and it is not required to park at the hills below.

Grouped by who named it

All 5 Nevada hills

Each card opens with the agency’s own words, because that sentence is the reason the hill is on the page. Everything under it is an attribute the same agency published on the same page. Where an agency adds guidance of its own, it is quoted whole and nothing is added to it.

Named by a county or city1 hill

Elko SnoBowl sledding

City park

Elko SnoBowl Ski and Bike Park. Elko. Run by City of Elko

The SnoBowl is a winter wonderland where snow-covered slopes beckon skiers, snowboarders, and sledding.

Elko SnoBowl, City of Elko, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

rope tow to a beginner area, per third-party and historical city reporting; not independently confirmed as serving the sledding hill specifically on the agency's own page this sessionweekends only, roughly December through mid-March, weather and snow permitting

Elko SnoBowl, City of Elko

Named by the state2 hills

Sledding hill, Cave Lake State Park

State park

Cave Lake State Park. Ely. Run by Nevada Division of State Parks

Sledding and snowshoeing are also popular activities.

Cave Lake State Park, Nevada State Parks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

$5.00 ($10 for Non-NV Vehicles)

Cave Lake State Park, Nevada State Parks

Sledding, Wild Horse State Recreation Area

State recreation area

Wild Horse State Recreation Area. Elko. Run by Nevada Division of State Parks

In addition to ice skating and sledding, visitors also enjoy snowmobiling and skiing.

Wild Horse State Recreation Area, Nevada State Parks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

$5.00 ($10 for Non-NV Vehicles)

Wild Horse State Recreation Area, Nevada State Parks

Named by a national forest2 hills

Tahoe Meadows

National forest

Tahoe Meadows, Carson Ranger District. Reno. Run by USDA Forest Service, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

Sledding and tubing opportunities can be found across the forest during winter. Popular locations for this activity include Tahoe Meadows outside Reno, Nevada and at the Foxtail Group Picnic Area at the Spring Mountains NRA (Las Vegas) which is managed as a snowplay area in the winter time.

Winter Sports, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, USDA Forest Service, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Tubing

Winter Sports, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, USDA Forest Service

Foxtail Group Picnic Area snowplay

National forest

Foxtail Group Picnic Area, Spring Mountains National Recreation Area. Foxtail Group Picnic Area, Spring Mountains National Recreation Area. Run by USDA Forest Service, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

Popular locations for this activity include Tahoe Meadows outside Reno, Nevada and at the Foxtail Group Picnic Area at the Spring Mountains NRA (Las Vegas) which is managed as a snowplay area in the winter time.

Foxtail Group Picnic Area, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, USDA Forest Service, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

TubingDay use only; no overnight camping allowedthe agency opens the area for snowplay only during holidays and weekends when there is at least the stated snow depth on the ground

Foxtail Group Picnic Area, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, USDA Forest Service

Cost and parking

What sledding costs in Nevada

3 of the 5 print no charge and 2 print a fee or a parking charge. Nationally 140 of the 202 hills print no charge at all, and the ones that do are nearly always the two things that cost an agency money to run: a tubing operation that rents the tube, and a tow that carries you back up.

Nevada runs a Nevada State Parks Annual Day Use Permit, and it is not required to park at the hills below. That distinction matters at the gate: the permit is sold for the plowed lot rather than for the slope, which is why a state can require one and still publish that the sledding itself is free.

A yellow road grader with tyre chains clearing deep snow from a forest car park beside a small concrete restroom building carrying a green permit required sign, under a low grey sky with heavily laden conifers behind — What a winter parking permit buys. Nineteen states sell one, and on almost every hill that needs it the money is for the lot being graded here rather than for the slope, which is why a state can require a permit and still print that the sledding itself is free. The sign on the building is the whole transaction, and it is posted at the entrance rather than at the hill. “Plowing the Sno-Park on OR 58”, OregonDOT, CC BY 2.0

Nevada sledding questions

Are there designated sledding hills in Nevada?

Who runs the sledding hills in Nevada?

Does sledding cost anything in Nevada?

Is there snow tubing in Nevada?

How do you know whether a hill in Nevada is open?

Which state has the most designated sledding hills?

Sledding hills in other states

Nevada first snow datesWhen the first measurable snow has historically arrived, which is when a hill starts to be worth the drive.Nevada snowpackHow much snow is actually on the ground right now, from the automated stations that measure it.Nevada plow trackerWhether the road to the hill has been plowed, from the state that plows it.Nevada cross country skiingThe groomed trail systems, which is what most state agencies publish instead of sledding.

Nevada read September 23, 2026 from the agency pages linked beside each hill. Hours, fees and winter parking permit prices are set season by season and a hill opens on snow rather than on a date, so the agency page linked beside each one is the thing that governs on the day. Every state is on the sledding hills hub.