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Hike · Cougar Creek trailhead

Cougar Creek

Distance
5.5 mi
Vertical
3,635 ft
Summit
9,892 ft
Difficulty
Very strenuous

Cougar Creek drains the western flank of the Jarbidge Mountains, a remote, lava-capped range in northern Elko County, Nevada, that rises out of the high desert near the Idaho line. The Jarbidge Mountains are one of the least-visited mountain blocks in the Great Basin: the…

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The central crest of the Jarbidge Mountains seen from the Copper Mountains to the north, the cluster of summits above 10,500 feet that defines the range.
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Looking southeast down the crest of the Jarbidge Mountains from Jarbidge Peak, the range’s lava-capped high country dropping toward the Nevada–Idaho line.
Famartin · CC BY-SA 3.0
Autumn aspen and whitebark pine on the western approach to the Jarbidge Mountains southwest of the town of Jarbidge.
Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Looking west across the Jarbidge River canyon from high on Jarbidge Peak, with the rolling rangeland of northern Elko County receding to the horizon.
Famartin · CC BY-SA 3.0

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