Ruby Mountains Hiking Trails

Hiking trails in the ruby mountains.

Ruby mountains hiking trails. The ruby mountains ranger district is made up of the east humboldt and ruby mountain ranges. The ruby mountains wilderness and east humboldt wilderness mountain ranges near elko nevada in northeastern nevada provide fabulous hiking trails to numerous alpine lakes. Hiking in the rubies. The district covers about approximately 450 000 acres with elevations ranging from 6 000 feet to 11 387 feet at ruby dome.

Please be advised hiking season in the higher elevations can vary from early july to the middle of october. Good campsites are available at thunder and fourth of july camp but camping is also possible high on the ridge of ruby mountain. This site has information for over a dozen hikes in the ruby mountains. Ruby dome is the tallest peak in the ruby mountains.

Please note that in order to access the trailhead you must obtain a key from the spring creek association. By tucker ballister on friday august 10 2018. The ruby mountain trail is located in the ross lake national recreation area which means that it is one of the few trails in this area of the north cascades that can be hiked with a dog. This strip of mountains began uplifting about 20 million years ago and today they are a strip about 90 miles long and 12 miles wide.

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. 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. These mountains contain spectacular scenery and a variety of recreational activities. 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.

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. The ruby crest trail a well maintained national scenic trail is the flagship trail of the rubies.