Walking along a narrow strip of trail that follows the spine of one of the most rugged and remote mountain ranges in United States seemed difficult enough. Doing it all in one day seemed nearly ...

The Ruby Mountains in northeastern Nevada offer high-elevation landscapes. Hiking into Liberty Lake requires crossing a pass at 10,450 feet, and an opportunity to see five alpine lakes. The Ruby Crest ...

The residents of the cowboy town of Elko, Nevada have a massive secret in their backyard. It’s called the Ruby Mountains Wilderness. Just 30 minutes southeast of Elko, rising from northeastern ...

With school finally out for summer and a long stretch of hot weather looming, Southern Nevada families have both the time and good reason to seek more distant and cooler climates for hiking or ...

Chip and I set off to find out for ourselves on a backpack trip last September. The vast majority of hikers head straight to Lamoille Canyon when going to the Rubies. But our guidebook spoke well of ...

Lightning sparked 14 fires in Northeastern Nevada last Sunday, three of which have burned thousands of acres in ranch land and recreation areas. The largest, the 15,297-acre Corta Fire, is burning ...