Slide Mountain, a 9,702-foot peak in Nevada’s Carson Range near Reno, towers about 5,000 feet above the city and offers sweeping views of Lake Tahoe, Washoe Lake, Carson Valley, and Reno. Its name comes from repeated large landslides on its southeast side, which have left bare, pale scars visible from Washoe Valley. The most recent major slide, on May 30, 1983, sent rock, granite sand, and debris into Price Lake and down the canyon onto the valley floor, damaging U.S. 395, destroying homes, killing one person, and injuring several others. The mountain is also used for recreation and communications service.