Nevada Calls

That's a great idea for immersion, too: Field trip guidebooks! Most states have non-governmental associations of geologists, most of which are academics but in high activity areas for oil and gas and mining, often including industry geologists, too. Back East, the Carolina Geological Society (CGS) meets annually for a 2 day bus borne field trip. Surely other state societies do so also. I recently "discovered" the fine work of "Friends of the Pleistocene" in Nevada and California, which points to opportunities for field trips and related guidebooks from other types of organizations also.

Hmmmm, I've got 2 days in Elko this summer, one being to see the big Silver State Stampede rodeo. Might need to run down to the Rubies and bomb around in the truck the next day before heading out to Jarbidge.

THANKS Tony!

Foy

Foy

There is a sweet US Forest Service campground just north of Shanty Town.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/South+Ruby+Lake+Campground/@40.175669,-115.4973827,574m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80af84a2e1a85f53:0xaa5049aa09aab866!8m2!3d40.1755903!4d-115.4942589?hl=en

We've stayed there twice and liked it a lot. If you want to fish, it is permitted in the waters of the nearby wildlife refuge. Lots of good birds too.

Enjoy the Stampede. I have been wanting to get into the Jarbidge Mtns. Curious what you think about them.

Tony

Yup - I got the lasted Roadside Geology books. And I've used some field guides, but I usually find them for places I'm not going. ha ha. Thanks to the guide for the Rubys. Seeing the Rubys has been on my todo list for years. And yes Foy, tell us about Jarbidge. I don't know why but exploring that area has also been on my todo list. I don't remember why I found the area interesting, perhaps it is as simple as the name Jarbidge sounds interesting and it is somewhat in the middle of nowhere.

I have found a number of local geologic societies in the west. That is where I find a number of lectures given by professors. And some have field trips that I drool over, but mostly I've found that dogs aren't allowed, or it would be difficult with my dogs. The dogs aren't staying home.

The fun will continue. My next trip will be this fall to ??

searching for nowhere said:

OK, it wasn't all a four lane highway, but the four lanes is what I remembered most. I had somehow created an image in my mind that 395 would be like a Nevada lonely road. I was wrong.

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I lived in the Eastern Sierra between the latter half of the 1970s to 2008 (June Lake and Big Pine). In the early years there was little 4-lane on US395 except short sections at railroad crossings (dismantled 1998/1999) and between Big Pine and the Mammoth Lakes junction. Weekends were crazy and fatal accidents endemic. Now the last of the 4-lane is being currently being opened south of Lone Pine through Cartago and Olancha.

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I have been wanting to get into the Jarbidge Mtns. Curious what you think about them.

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Jarbidge is a gem. I last visited in July, 2007 and had to evacuate on the third day due to the 3/4 million acre Murphy Complex wildfire that swept through the region but spared Jarbidge. Literally drove through the flames at night out to Rogerson, Idaho, overnighted at Jackpot.

The prettiest way into Jarbidge is from Elko. The drive up and over Coon Creek and Bear Creek summits is gorgeous, tall timber country. There is a small, free campground a few miles south of town and along the Jarbidge River. For dining, the Outdoor Inn is relatively inexpensive and good. For lodging, I like The Barn at the north end of town.