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Ruby Crest National Recreation Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 17–24 °C (63–75 °F)
- J-6°-15°72
- F-5°-14°62
- M0°-11°78
- A5°-7°88
- M12°-1°91
- J18°4°62
- J24°9°26
- A23°8°34
- S17°4°46
- O9°-3°62
- N0°-10°78
- D-6°-15°83
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 53 km · 33 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Ruby Mountains (Great Basin Ranges › Intermountain West; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 22 km SE of Spring Creek (Elko County, Nevada) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Nevada
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- National route
- Ref
- 43
- Route centre
- 40.4869, -115.4511
- Route start
- 40.6040, -115.3759
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19418753
- Wikidata
- Q7376300
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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