Sand Mountain
As a kid I remember going here spending the day playing in the sand and coming home spending the next week getting sand out of places I didn't know I had. I always wondered if everyone came home with sand in thier britches how long before there would be no mountain? I guess thats why they now charge a service fee(to replace all sand people take home). Actually over the years there have been so many accidents and so many ATVs going in areas they shouldn't, it became necessary. In my day if someone got hurt there was no phone to call for help and difficult to get to someone hurt, as there were no paved roads.
Sand Mountain is an area well-known to ATV enthusiasts from
all over the world. There is now a paved road all the way to the base of the
mountain where you will find amenities such as restrooms and limited camping. Watch for speed DIPS and it is a service fee area. For further information:
http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/carson_city_field/blm_programs/recreation/sand_mountain.html
They do not offer day passes, only weekly or by the year. $40 per week and $90 per year. As to why they do not offer a day pass it is better to go thier web site above and read it for your self.
There are other things you can do that don't cost such as one of the side trails that leads to an old Pony Express Station.
Very educational.
Sand Mountain is an amazing wonder. Towering out of the middle of the desert is this mountain made entirely out of sand! Not until I was a teenager could I climb to the top of Sand Mountain. Getting back down was no problem. Morton Salt used to harvest salt from the desert near Sand Mountain. At one point it is thought that the entire area was under water and Sand Mountain came from under the water. Very cool worthwhile place!
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