David Walley's Hot Springs Resort

David Walley's Hot Springs Resort has operated continuously since 1862 in Genoa — Nevada's oldest town, founded in 1851 as the first permanent settlement in what would become Nevada, and still an agricultural community of remarkable historic integrity in the Carson Valley beneath the eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada. The natural geothermal hot springs that feed the resort's five outdoor pools emerge at temperatures between 105°F and 115°F; the wood-fired sauna and cold plunge circuit against the backdrop of the Sierra Nevada's dramatic eastern wall creates a genuinely Nordic thermal protocol in a distinctly Western landscape. Genoa's Mormon Station State Historic Park, the Carson Valley's ranching heritage, and the proximity to Lake Tahoe and the Toiyabe National Forest make the resort a genuinely distinctive alternative to Tahoe's more fashionable addresses.