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I hiked Boundary Peak, the highest point in Nevada, back in 1995. Starting in 1999, I began the process of hiking the remaining sixteen county highpoints, finishing this task in August, 2006. Since that time, I have hiked a few of the bigger prominent mountains, plus some that are convenient to the Las Vegas area, where my parents live.
Nevada is largely high desert, contained within the Great Basin. The valleys are also elevated so that valleys may be as high as 5,000 feet, hemmed in by peaks topping 11,000 feet. The Basin and Range topography means that Nevada has the most mountain ranges in the country, even more than more famous "mountain" states such as Colorado and Montana.
The journeys into the Nevada outback are fascinating. The towns look like they've never aged beyond the year 1900. They look nothing like glitzy Las Vegas or Reno. Everything in Nevada seems to be a minimum of 80 miles from anything else. I love it. Some day, I'd like to spend a month here.
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 Boundary Peak August 12, 1995 |
 Mount Charleston November 27, 1999 |
 Mount Jefferson August 9, 2000 |
 Mount Davidson August 9, 2000 |
 Snow Valley Peak August 10, 2000 |
 East Peak August 10, 2000 |
 Mount Grant August 7, 2001 |
 Wheeler Peak August 10, 2001 |
 Bunker Hill May 15, 2002 |
 Diamond Peak May 16, 2002 |
 Desatoya Peak June 23, 2002 |
 Granite Peak June 23, 2002 |
 Star Peak June 24, 2002 |
 Mount Rose June 25, 2002 |
 Mount Grafton June 25, 2005 |
 Middle Sister Peak August 13, 2005 |
 Ruby Dome August 13, 2006 |
 Potosi Mountain April 5, 2008 |
 Arc Dome July 30, 2008 |
 Ward Mountain August 3, 2008 |
 Gass Peak April 5, 2009 |
 Mount Wilson August 3, 2009 |
 Highland Peak August 3, 2009 |
 Frenchman Mountain January 7, 2011 |
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Between 1995 and 2006, I climbed all seventeen of Nevada's county highpoints (including that of the independent Carson City, which is not part of any county). In truth, the county highpoint task began in earnest in November 1999 when I scaled Charleston Peak. By 2002 I had fourteen peaks done, but it took another four years to finally complete the project, on Ruby Dome in Elko County.
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This is a list of all other peaks that I have climbed in Nevada.
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