Nevada trails · Lamoille-Gardner Creek Th
Lamoille-Gardner Creek Th
A 27.4-mile point-to-point in Nevada, with 2,556 ft of climbing. Reaches Gheen Spring. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 7,636 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Gheen Spring (spring)
Getting there
Gardner Creek Trailhead. About 1 h 07 min drive (41 mi, 2 of them unpaved) from Elko. 40.81431, -115.22913 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:23 a.m., the sun rises at 6:50 a.m. and sets at 6:02 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:29 p.m. (PDT) — 11 h 11 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 27.4-mile route works out to roughly 11 h 25 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Loop options
- GARDNER CREEK LOOP + LAMOILLE-GARDNER CREEK TH — 6.0 mi loop, 1,892 ft gain
Nearby trails
- North Fork Cold Creek — 8.7 mi
- Griswold-Soldier — 9.1 mi
- Conrad Creek — 11.8 mi
- Right Fork Lamoille — 15.6 mi