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Topo map
  
USGS Ruby Dome

Prominence
  
329 m

Parent range
  
Elevation
  
3,451 m

Mountain range
  
Thomas Peak httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Location
  
Easiest route
  
From Island Lake, Class 2 scramble north up an avalanche chute and then west along the ridgeline

Similar
  
Liberty Peak, Snow Lake Peak, Mount Fitzgerald, Mount Gilbert, Verdi Peak

Thomas Peak is the second highest named mountain in both the Ruby Mountains and Elko County, in Nevada, United States. It is the thirty-fourth highest mountain in the state. The peak is located about 24 miles (39 km) southeast of the city of Elko in the Ruby Mountains Wilderness, within the Ruby Mountains Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. One of the most voluminous mountains in the range, its base makes up most of the east wall of Thomas Canyon, as well as the west wall of the long curved section of upper Lamoille Canyon.

Map of Thomas Peak, Nevada 89815, USA

Thomas Peak and the adjacent canyon and campground is named after Raymond Thomas, a teacher at Elko High School, who led a group of hikers into the canyon in October 1916. Caught in an early snowstorm, he died while assisting his party until rescuers could arrive.

References

Thomas Peak Wikipedia


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