Carrying Guns at Mt. Charleston

It's perfectly legal to carry guns, loaded or unloaded, openly or concealed, at Mt. Charleston and the surrounding National Forest lands. There is a small portion of Red Rock that extends out that way, but it shouldn't be an issue if you're going to the forest lands.
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This includes the campgrounds, the trails, the roads, the parking lots, the wilderness, etc. 

Where You Can't Carry

• Inside federal facilities, 18 U.S. Code § 930

You can't carry inside the new US Forest Service building (also known as the Spring Mountain Visitor Gateway). Feel free to carry in the parking lot and outside the building, but beyond the door, it's a federal gun free zone. 

No, the state park law doesn't apply to Forest Service land, but the forest service hasn't banned guns anywhere that we're aware of. Red Rock is special, but again, if you're going up Kyle Canyon and recreating in that area, it's not much of an issue for concern.

• On the premises of a public school, on the property of the Nevada System of Higher Education, or a child care facility without written permission of the college president, school principal, or head of a public child care facility, including in the parking lot (NRS 202.265). This includes guns anywhere inside a car, even in a locked safe/container.
  
• Library facilities where library rules prohibit firearms or open carry (LVCCLD does)

There is a school and a library up there and they are gun free zones; the school parking lot and grounds are off-limits.

On private property, like the Mt. Charleston lodge, you may be disarmed or asked to leave. If you fail to do so, this is trespassing. At the Lee Canyon ski slopes, we have no information.