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Solitude & Grit
Nevada’s Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest offers bold riders 11,000-foot
peaks, gnarly trails, rippling horizons, and mining towns.
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Overview: Laced throughout Nevada’s great
deserts are long ribbons of picturesque
mountains. Some rise to 12,000 feet above
sea level. Riders will enjoy the following three
ranges, all situated in the Humboldt-Toiyabe
National Forest, near Nevada’s remote center.
Toiyabe Range: East of the town of Austin,
pull across Austin Summit and then to Bob
Scott’s Summit, and stop for a day ride.
Wildlife here includes elk, deer, black bears,
wild horses, bighorn sheep, mountain lions,
and bobcats. Then haul to the Arc Dome
Wilderness, a 115,000-acre primitive mass
that drapes across the Toiyabes. Trailheads
include the South Twin, the Peavine, Tom’s
Canyon, and Cow Canyon.
Toquima Range: Two miles northeast of the
old ghost town of Belmont (on the range’s
southern end) lies Black Buttes, where you
can set up camp. This is a dry camp, so
bring water for you and your horse. From
here, you can ride around and into Belmont,
and around Mount Priscilla.
Monitor Range: Head for the Barley Creek
horse camp at the edge of the Table Mountain
Wilderness Area. The camp is nestled
in a small valley, surrounded by juniper- and
cedar-covered mountains, and completed
with a fine trout stream. The wilderness
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