Trek starts at map top (red icon and text); ends after 26 days on map right-side (magenta icon and text). Purple lines are roads driven between wilderness areas hiked.

Days01-08: East Humbolt & northern Ruby Mountians wilderness

Start: Basin & Range Trek (BART), 2023 (Winchell Lake Trailhead)
Twenty-six day 203-mile trip in July and August 2023. Cumulative mileage at each campsite marker; click on each camp icon for daily GPS data.

Camp01 (at 4 mi): Winchell Lake
Day01 GPS data: 3.9 mi distance at 1.6 mph with average elevation change of 525 ft/mi (ascending 1475 ft and descending 550 ft).

Camp02 (at 10 mi): Weeks Creek
Day02 GPS data: 6.2 mi distance at 1.0 mph with average elevation change of 600 ft/mi (ascending 1525 ft and descending 2125 ft).

Camp03 (at 25 mi): Gordon Creek
Day03 GPS data: 15.0 mi distance at 2.3 mph with average elevation change of 275 ft/mi (ascending 1200 ft and descending 2900 ft).

Camp04 (at 33 mi): Krenka Creek

Camp05 (at 44 mi): Robinson Lake

Camp06 (at 52 mi): South Fork Cold Creek

Stops07&08 (at 58 mi): Ruby 360 Lodge

Days01-04a: East Humboldt
GPS data: 31.5 mi distance with 425 ft per mi average elevation change (ascending 6075 ft and descending 7375 ft).

Road between East Humbolt & Ruby Mountains

Days04-08: Ruby Mountains to Ruby 360 Lodge
GPS data: 26.0 mi distance with 525 ft per mi average elevation change (ascending 7150 ft and descending 6550 ft).

Days09-14: Ruby Mountains Wilderness

Lomoille Trailhead (Ruby Crest Trail)

Camp09 (at 65 mi): Farve Lake

Camp10 (at 80 mi): Overland Lake

Camp11 (86 mi): South Fork Smith Creek

Camp12 (at 98 mi): Harrison Pass

Stops13&14: Eureka
Drove vehicle from Harrison Pass.

Road between Ruby 360 Lodge to Ruby Crest Trailhead15.5

Days09-12: Ruby Mtn Wilderness (Ruby Crest Trail)
GPS data: 40.1 mi distance with 500 ft per mi average elevation change (ascending 9475 ft and descending 10,725 ft).

Road between Ruby Mountains (Harrison Pass) and Eureka

Days15-23: Toiyabe Crest (proposed) & Arc Dome wilderness

Kingston Trailhead (Toiyabe Crest Trail or TCT)

Camp15 (at 102 mi): TCT ridge

Camp16 (at 113 mi): upper Cottonwood Creek

Camp17 (at 125 mi): "cow saddle"

Camp18 (at 134 mi): Ophir Pass

Camp19 (at 144 mi): meadow above Big Sawmill Creek

Arc Dome
4.6 mi from camp19

Camp20 (at 156 mi): Big Sawmill Creek

Camp21 (at 168): Sheep Canyon

South Twin River Trailhead (at 178 mi)

Stops22&23: Tonopah
Drove vehicle from South Twin River Trailhead.

Road from Eureka to Kingston Trailhead
81 mi

Days15-22: Toiyabe Crest (proposed) & Arc Dome wilderness (Toiyabe Crest Trail)
GPS data: 80.2 mi distance with 450 ft per mi average elevation change (ascending 17,475 ft and descending 18,700 ft).

Road from South Twin Trailhead to Tonopah
70 mi

Days24-26: Mt. Moriah Wildernss

Camp24 (at 182 mi): Hendrys Creek

Mt Moriah 12,000 ft
9 mi from Camp24; 5.1 mi from Camp25

Camp25 (at 196 mi): upper Hendrys Creek
Day25 GPS data: 14.0 mi distance at 1.7 mph with average elevation change of 600 ft/mi (ascending 5150 ft and descending 3225 ft). Camp25 3.9 mi from Camp24; peak 5.1 mi from Camp25.

Finish: Basin & Range Trek (BART), Day26 at 203 mi (Hendrys Creek Trailhead)

Road from Tonopah to Hendrys Creek Trailhead

Days24-26: Mt. Moriah Wilderness
GPS data: 25.2 mi distance with 525 ft per mi average elevation change (ascending 6500 ft and descending 6475 ft).