Jul 3, 2022

Trip Length: 3 Hikes
State: NV
Distance: 3.2 mi
Gain: 950 ft
ROUTE: Map, GPX, KML
Peaks: 3

Area:
Humboldt National Forest

Hike 1
Hike 2
Hike 3

Pine Mountain

2.2 Miles, 650 Gain

Peak
Elevation
Prominence
8,648 ft
2,026 ft
  • Sunrise on the Owyhee River. Our plan for the day was to finish driving the Owyhee Backcountry Road before heading into northern Nevada.
  • View from near camp.
  • View along the Owyhee Backcountry Road.
  • Dougal Reservoir.
  • South Mountain in the distance.
  • Volcanic canyon along the Wild and Scenic North Fork Owyhee.
  • Crossing the north fork.
  • A large rattlesnake that had just finished crossing the road.
  • Mormon crickets on the road.
  • Heading up Martin Creek on the way to Pine Mountain.
  • Copper Mountain across the valley.
  • First view of Pine Mountain.
  • The road got progressively rougher as we got closer to Pine Mountain.
  • Another view of Copper Mountain.
  • Brushy route leading to Pine Mountain. Soon we transitioned to the ridge on the right, which was a little more open.
  • Final rocky scramble to the summit. Surprisingly we saw two elk near here.
  • Tennessee Mountain to the northwest.
  • Copper Mountain from the summit.
  • McAfee Peak in the distance.
  • Heading back down.

Tennessee Mountain

0.2 Miles, 100 Gain

Peak
Elevation
Prominence
8,340 ft
560 ft
  • Road leading to Tennessee Mountain. There were several very steep sections on the way over.
  • Having fun in the Jeep.
  • View back to Copper Mountain (left) and Pine Mountain (right).
  • Short hike from where the road crossed the south shoulder of Tennessee Mountain.
  • Heading for the summit, which surprisingly had some cactus on top.
  • View north from the summit.
  • Zoom to the upper Bruneau River, a very remote and seldom visited area.
  • Merritt Mountain to the northeast.
  • Zoom to Merritt.
  • View southwest.
  • McAfee Peak and Wild Horse Reservoir.
  • View east.
  • Matterhorn and other high peaks of the Jarbidge Mountains.
  • Back to the Jeep. Another very steep road continued down the west side of the mountain.

Merritt Mountain

0.8 Miles, 200 Gain

Peak
Elevation
Prominence
8,792 ft
2,372 ft
  • Merritt Mountain. A road goes most of the way to the summit. At 7700ft the road makes a sharp bend to the west and becomes HC 4WD.
  • Merritt Mountain from the approach road.
  • Road shortly before reaching the HC 4WD section.
  • Large meadow below Merritt Mountain. Using the Seek app, I was able to identify the flowering plant as Arrowleaf Balsamroot, also commonly referred to as Oregon Sunflower. McAfee Peak to the south.
  • Another view of the meadow. There was still a small amount of snow remaining on Merritt Mountain.
  • Short hike to Merritt Mountain from the end of the road. The summit was completely covered in mormon crickets.
  • Jarbidge Mountains to the east.
  • McAfee Peak to the south.
  • Ruby Mountains and Hole in the Mountain Peak far to the southeast.

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