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Yee-haw! National Cowboy Poetry Gathering to celebrate 40 years in Nevada

The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering held annually in Elko will mark its 40th anniversary from January 27-February 1, 2025. This week-long, town-wide, celebration of authentic western cultural arts is not just about poetry, and is not just for cowboys. Beginning with a handful of poets wrangled together to share an overlooked American tradition, the gathering has grown to attract artists and audiences from all walks of life and around the world, including Canada. In addition to poetry, the festival showcases music, film, dancing, workshops, exhibits, conversations, food and fellowship in celebration of the living American West. Elko is accessed via Travel Nevada’s Cowboy Corridor from either Reno or Salt Lake City; one of 10 themed road trips across the state.

How to Hit the Slopes in Nevada

Despite its reputation for having a desert landscape, Nevada is actually the most mountainous state in the Lower 48 with over 300 mountain ranges. Nevada means “snowcapped” in Spanish, after all. Visitors can ski just 45 minutes outside of Las Vegas at Lee Canyon, the only ski resort in southern Nevada. Lake Tahoe is famously split between Nevada and California boasting dozens of ski resorts, but it is Nevada’s Mt. Rose Ski Resort that provides the highest base at 8,260 ft/2,518 m. The Ruby Mountains in northern Nevada boast 300 in/762 cm of some of the driest, fluffiest snow in the U.S. for winter warriors on the Rubies Route (one of 10 themed road trips across the state), with the oldest, family-owned heli-ski operator in the nation taking powder-hungry backcountry skiers up for fresh tracks.

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