Ruby Mountains Hiking Map

The ruby mountains wilderness and east humboldt wilderness mountain ranges near elko nevada in northeastern nevada provide fabulous hiking trails to numerous alpine lakes.

Ruby mountains hiking map. In order to obtain a key to access the trail head go to the office at 401 fairway blvd in spring creek between the hours of 8am 5pm monday thru friday closed for lunch during the noon. Lamoille canyon this map shows the road in lamoille canyon with lakes trails and points of interest in the canyon. The lamoille canyon trailhead is the most popular location to start a day or overnight hike. These are on and off trail hikes from one end of the rubies to the other including the ruby crest trail and a couple of loop hikes.

Ruby mountains east humbolt this is one of my favorite maps of the rubies. The last good city to make a pitstop in on your way to lamoille canyon which is one of the more accessible trailheads in the wilderness area is elko. It is 42 miles one way and runs on or near the crest of the central ruby mountains in a north to south general diection. The ruby mountains ranger district is made up of the east humboldt and ruby mountain ranges.

Hiking in the rubies. These mountains contain spectacular scenery and a variety of recreational activities. This site has information for over a dozen hikes in the ruby mountains. The ruby mountains are a gem in the middle of nevada.

Known to locals as the rubies the range includes ten peaks above 10 000 feet ruby dome 11 387 feet is the highest and more than two dozen alpine lakes. The ruby mountains wilderness sits astride a high ridgeline of mountains and totals more than 90 000 acres. The ruby crest trail a well maintained national scenic trail is the flagship trail of the rubies. The district covers about approximately 450 000 acres with elevations ranging from 6 000 feet to 11 387 feet at ruby dome.

While i would hardly characterize my experience in the rubies via lamoille canyon as uncrowded campground and trailhead parking lot was packed trails very busy the scenery was nearly equal to many national parks yet without the congestion and hubub that so many of them have the hiking here is excellent and i hope to return someday for some overnight backpacking. Please be advised hiking season in the higher elevations can vary from early july to the middle of october. Ruby mountains this map showns the entire ruby mountains with lakes trails and peaks. If you have any questions or comments please.

The wilderness runs from secret pass south for 90 miles in the ruby mountains range.