Nevada trails · East Humboldt Highline
East Humboldt Highline
A 25.8-mile point-to-point in Nevada, with 1,957 ft of climbing. Reaches Greys Spring and other lake/spring destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 8,124 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Greys Spring (spring)
- Greys Lake (lake)
Getting there
Smith Lake Trailhead — parking nearby. 41.02678, -115.08224 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:37 a.m., the sun rises at 6:05 a.m. and sets at 7:14 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:43 p.m. (PDT) — 13 h 09 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 25.8-mile route takes roughly 10 h 31 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 4:36 p.m. — 2 h 38 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Trout Creek + East Humboldt Highline + Greys Creek — 11.1 mi loop, 4,522 ft gain
- Secret-Starr + Ackler Creek + East Humboldt Highline — 6.1 mi loop, 1,857 ft gain
- Alles Creek + East Humboldt Highline + 4th Boulder — 13.6 mi loop, 3,848 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Lamoille-Gardner Creek Th — 16.5 mi
- North Fork Cold Creek — 24.2 mi
- Griswold-Soldier — 25.5 mi
- Conrad Creek — 27.6 mi