Robber's Roost Trail
Nevada
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0.3 mi
Distance
285 ft
Gain
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What we do know
Inside Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Robber's Roost Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 285 ft
- Elevation loss
- 50 ft
- Highest point
- 8,185 ft
- Lowest point
- 7,908 ft
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Directions & GPX
About this trail
Robber's Roost Trail is a 0.32-mile trail in Nevada managed by the Forest Service. It gains 455 feet of elevation within the Robber's Roost Trailhead system.
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 7,955 ft
- High point
- 8,185 ft
- Total climbing
- 285 ft
- Total descent
- 50 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 32% grade right from the start
- Length
- 0.3 mi
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Spring Mountains National Recreation Area · Ranger district
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Spring Mountains National Recreation Area as of Oct 9, 2026:
Stage 1 Fire Restrictions, Spring Mountains National Recreation Area
fire-restriction · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Robber's RoostRock climbing0.1 mi
- Robbery Wall, TheRock climbing0.1 mi
- Robbers' RoostMountain biking0.1 mi
- Den of Thieves AreaRock climbing0.1 mi
- Link TrailHiking0.1 mi
- Hike-A-BikeHiking0.2 mi
- HilltopCamping0.6 mi
- Mahogany GroveCamping0.7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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