Ski Diversion Offered with Virginia City's New Comstock Lift Ticket

Virginia City

Take a break from the slopes with Virginia City’s new Comstock Lift Ticket and drink in this historic mining town’s rich history. Purchase a $10 Comstock Lift Ticket, which includes a Trolley Ride and the Ponderosa Mine Tour, and receive 20% off at participating hotels, motels, restaurants and merchants.

“Our Comstock Lift Ticket provides an alternative for skiers looking for additional activities or extending their stays,” Deny Dotson, tourism director, said. “We are often asked if we’re open during winter and the answer is, of course. We’re not an amusement park, we’re the real deal.”

At 6,200 feet on Mount Davidson, historic Virginia City is 25 miles from Reno and 45 miles from Lake Tahoe. Like many cities in Nevada, Virginia City was a mining “boomtown” with more than $400 million in gold and silver mined. In today’s prices, that’s more than $20 billion dollars.

The 19th century mining bonanza turned Virginia City into the most important industrial city between Denver and San Francisco, and it turned destitute prospectors from all over the world into millionaires. Mansions, hospitals, churches, opera houses and schools were built and imported furniture, fashions and entertainment from Europe and the Orient overflowed. The riches helped finance the Civil War and went on to build empires around the world, including San Francisco, a city built with Comstock silver.

Purchase the Comstock Lift Ticket at the Visitors Center located at 86 South C Street. Look in store windows for participating restaurants and shops. Proof of purchase is required to receive the 20% discount. Book reservations directly with participating hotel properties. Participating lodging properties include: Cobb Mansion Bed & Breakfast, Edith Palmer’s Country Inn, Gold Hill Hotel, Silverland Inn & Suites, Sugarloaf Mountain Motel, Virginia City Inn and Silver Queen Hotel.

Download Virginia City’s mobile app available for iOS and Android devices. Features include information on Virginia City’s history, town saloons and restaurants, its quirky special events, shopping and lodging properties as well as weather and the ability to check-in on social networking sites.

For more information on Virginia City, Nev., visit www.visitvirginiacitynv.com or call the Virginia City Tourism Commission (VCTC) at 775-847-7500. Download a Virginia City attractions map online.