Mount Gilbert (Nevada) Explained

Mount Gilbert
Elevation Ft:11,125
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence:480feet
Location:Elko County, Nevada, U.S.
Range:Ruby Mountains
Map:Nevada
Map Size:160
Coordinates:40.6244°N -115.4462°W
Coordinates Ref:[2]
Topo:USGS Ruby Dome

Mount Gilbert is the sixth-highest named mountain of the Ruby Mountains and the eighth-highest in Elko County, in Nevada, United States. It is the forty-third-highest mountain in the state.[3] The peak is a spectacular part of the view from State Route 227 in Lamoille Valley, rising over 5300feet above the valley floor at Lamoille. It rises from the head of Seitz Canyon, and is part of the west wall of Right Fork Canyon (a branch of Lamoille Canyon). The summit is a high glacial horn, located about 22miles southeast of the community of Elko within the Ruby Mountains Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.

Notes and References

  1. 3521 . Mount Gilbert, Nevada . 2008-04-03.
  2. 862409 . Mount Gilbert . 2008-11-22.
  3. 21324 . Nevada 11,000-foot Peaks . 2014-10-22.