driving vegas to reno in the winter (Hawthorne, Yerington: safe, best)

[boblvnv]

Want to do this drive in about a week and know very little about driving on the 95 anywhere north of Indian Springs.

Is there anywhere I might encounter snow? Seems like most of the drive is in very isolated areas.

[jacknevada]

Once you get to Beatty, the elevation for the rest of the trip is around 4000'. You go through 6000' at Tonopah and you end up around 5000' at Reno. The only real places for services are Beatty, Tonopah, Hawthorne and Yerington. Once you get to Yerington, the populated areas are much closer together up to Reno.

You can run into snow everywhere from Tonopah all the way into Reno. You can check the road conditions at: Safe Travel USA

There are probably other travel sites with road conditions.

[TakLV]

That drive is so boring IMHO. Long straight flat boring roads.

[dynimagelv]

I personally love the drive.....but actually, it's where "Isolated" goes to get away from everything.....its long and beautiful in the early morning and later afternoon....not so much in midday....you can stop in Indian Springs....Beatty...Goldfield...Tonopah.... and then from there I don't remember the names but there are a few stopping places.....avoid the ones that say "Ranch" if you have the wife n kids....

[mikki]

Well after tonight, it appears as if Vegas has more snow than Reno, so your guess is as good as mine!! Best of luck to you!

[bikebabe]

We have done the drive lots of times. Tonopah is very chilly in the winter and last time we went thru it was 19 degrees with ice on the roads. Not a bad drive though. Not much traffic. Easy drive.