Pine Creek
Nevada
Free — you'll pick up right here.
12.3 mi
Distance
4,017 ft
Gain
6h 6m
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
3 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
Nobody's filed a report here yet — be the first.
Why you'll love it
Here's your day, mapped
Pine Creek
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 12.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,017 ft
- Highest point
- 8,745 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,581 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Wilderness area
- Jarbidge Wilderness
- Bikes
- Not allowed
- Horses
- Allowed
- Surface
- Natural
Source for bikes, horses, surface: USDA Forest Service National Forest System Trails (EDW)
About this trail
Pine Creek is a 12.28-mile out-and-back trail in Nevada with 4,017 feet of elevation gain. The trail follows the Pine Creek drainage and returns via the same path it went out on.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- High point
- 8,745 ft
- Length (round trip)
- 12 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Jarbidge Wilderness · Wilderness
- Mountain City-Ruby Mountains-Jarbidge Ranger District · Ranger district
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Source: Wilderness.net boundaries; USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1
Conditions
Active alerts for Mountain City-Ruby Mountains-Jarbidge Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Lamoille Canyon Road Closure (Mountain City-Ruby Mountains-Jarbidge Ranger District)
caution · posted Sep 16, 2026
Road Closure for Construction Work (Mountain City-Ruby Mountains-Jarbidge Ranger Districts)
caution · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Pine Creek CampgroundCamping0.4 mi
- Lower Bluster CampgroundCamping0.5 mi
- Upper Bluster CampgroundCamping0.8 mi
- Jarbidge River TrailHiking1.6 mi
- Jarbidge RiverRiver fishing2.2 mi
- Jack 5Hiking2.6 mi
- Danger TrailHiking3.2 mi
- East Fork Jarbidge RiverCanoeing7.8 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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