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The long and narrow Ruby Mountains
stretch for 100 miles in Nevada, seldom more than 10 miles wide,
their rugged, granite-like peaks towering high above Nevada’s
snow-fed streams, glacial valleys, verdant meadows and myriad
shimmering lakes. Unlike some other Nevada mountains the Ruby
Mountains are heavily glaciated and have abundant water, so this
impressive landscape can be found nowhere else in the state.
The Ruby Mountains Wilderness Area covers 90,000 acres all of
which is in the state of Nevada. It contains 10 peaks over 10,000
feet and 20+ rare (for Nevada, anyway) alpine lakes. Visitors
here hike, fish and camp in some of the most gorgeous natural
surrounding in the US. The Ruby Mountains Wilderness area is home
to one of the biggest herds of mule deer in the state, as well
as mountain goats and bighorn sheep. The streams of the Trout
abound in Ruby Mountains’ streams, including the threatened
Lahontan cutthroat trout. |
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