Rubies Route

Lamoille Canyon calls to hikers, backpackers, and trout bums with miles of trails along rushing creeks, craggy ridges, and alpine lakes. In winter, send it on a rented snowmobile or shred it on a guided heli-skiing tour.

Grab a pre-hike breakfast at McAdoo’s or wraps to go at Ogi Deli. If you hike up an appetite, hearty steaks await at Lamoille’s Pine Lodge Dinner House, or in Elko at Machi’s and a couple classic Basque joints.

You deserve to see the Ruby Mountains. However, if you’d rather earn it, do so on foot in a relay race or on a mountain bike on a one-day gravel ride. It’s also not a bad backdrop for a heap of hot air balloons, either.

Enjoy panoramic Ruby Mountain views from South Fork. Check out Ruby Lake, one of 500 Globally Important Bird Areas on Earth. Then hike and wildlife-watch at Angel Lake, the jewel of the East Humboldt Range.

Stop in to Jiggs Bar, home to cold beers and great convos, often about their story-worthy taxidermy.  In Wells, the menu at Bella’s is as long as it is tasty.

Each July the Wells Fun Run Car Show & Cruise—one of Nevada’s biggest auto events—features show ‘n’ shines, burnouts, slow drags, nostalgia-packed vendor booths, and a poker run, followed by BBQ and live tunes.

Gear up for miles of dirt roads and trails, countless home-is-where-you-park-it camping spots, pristine rivers with fishing so hot it’s almost unfair, and a wilderness town brimming with history and frontier character.

Jarbidge may only have 11-ish year-round residents, but that doesn’t stop it from having TWO epic sagebrush saloons. The Outdoor Inn serves great food, pies, and milkshakes. If you dig Iron Maiden, say so at the Red Dog.

Visit during August’s Jarbidge Days—featuring a parade up and down the half-mile dirt main drag, BBQ, a town-wide yard sale, and a 2-bar beer crawl—or September’s wine walk, the nation’s most off-grid vino-themed event.