Basin and Range Trail Thru Hike EP3: Hot Creek, Monitor & Toquima Ranges Traverse & High Points

Section 3 of the Basin and Range Trail thru-hike vlog series documents a 116-mile hike from HWY 6 to Carvers. In this section, the BRT thru-hiker will walk Big Sand Springs Valley, Morey Peak Wilderness Study Area, the Hot Creek Range, Fandango Wilderness Study Area, Little Fish Lake Valley, the Monitor Range, Table Mountain Wilderness, Monitor Valley, Alta Toquima Wilderness, the Toquima Range, and Big Smokey Valley. The Basin and Range Trail is a spectacular 1090 mile thru-thru-hiking route across central Nevada’s Basin and Range country, better known as the Great Basin. The Basin and Range Trail showcases some of the best hiking Nevada has to offer, along with some of the toughest. Nevada is the driest state in the country, as well as the most mountainous. There are over 310 named mountain ranges in Nevada, and many see little to no hiker traffic. The Basin and Range Trail, or BRT, connects 22 Nevada mountain ranges, 21 valleys (basins), 11 wilderness areas, 5 wilderness study areas, a national wildlife management area and 1 national park. A thru-hike of the BRT immerses the hiker into the vast and lonely Nevada wilderness for roughly 2 months, making for an unforgetting long distance hiking adventure. Section 3 of the Basin and Range Trail hikes Big Sand Springs Valley, and visits Project Faultless nuclear test site. Pass abandoned mining camps in Morey Canyon as the route enters the Hot Creek Range and the Morey Peak Wilderness Study Area. Summit the spectacular Morey Peak, descend into Six Mile Canyon and the Fandango Wilderness Study Area. Cross Little Fish Lake Valley and enter the Monitor Range via Clover Creek. Then, it’s a 2000ft bushwhack up to the crest of the Monitor Range. Hike the crest north across the Table Mountain Wilderness, exit via North Fork Mosquito Creek. Cross Monitor Valley and hike up Pine Creek into the Alta Toquima Wilderness. The Toquima Range has multiple streams, some with trout. Bag South Summit Mt Jefferson and follow Jefferson Canyon down into Big Smoky Valley into the town of Carvers to resupply. Basin and Range Trail Thru Hike Section 3 Journal: https://seekinglost.com/basin-and-ran... 🧭 Visit https://basinandrangetrail.com/ for more info on America's newest thru-hiking route. Get maps, water chart, guidebook and other BRT thru-hike planning resources here! ❤️Check out   / seekinglost   to get your hands on some cool Seeking Lost swag, and help support a good cause: the creation of several more long distance hiking trail projects like the Basin and Range Trail! 👉Stay in touch with the Basin and Range Trail & Seeking Lost:   / basinandrangetrail     / seekinglost     / seekinglost   https://www.seekinglost.com/ 🥾 Basin and Range Trail Thru Hike gear list:    • 12 lb Thru Hiking Gear List & Review   https://lighterpack.com/r/4aj6eq Vlog Contents: 0:00 Basin and Range Trail vlog series section 3 intro trailer 0:44 BRT Section 3 map 0:49 Day 17 1:40 Hike across Big Sand Springs Valley 3:52 Day 18 4:58 Hike desert below Hot Creek Range/Morey Peak 5:50 Project Faultless nuclear test site 7:18 Out of the desert 9:10 Hike Morey Canyon 9:33 Explore abandoned mining camp 12:25 Hiking North Canyon 13:43 Hiking Morey Peak Wilderness Study Area 14:12 Devils Cave Ridge 15:50 Hiking Hot Creek Range crest 16:40 Day 19 17:41 Ascend Morey Peak summit 19:31 Morey Peak summit, Hot Creek Range highpoint 21:32 Descend Morey Peak to Sixmile Canyon 22:42 Horrible bushwhack 24:51 Hiking off-trail down from Morey Peak 25:38 Sixmile Canyon 26:22 Wild Horses 27:07 Hiking the Fandango Wilderness Study Area 27:39 Big Cow Canyon 28:52 Day 20 29:52 Hiking Little Cow Canyon 33:07 Enter Little Fish Lake Valley 34:14 Hike around private property 36:29 Charged by a cow 36:49 Abandoned cabin 37:38 Enter Clover Creek, Monitor Range 40:39 Day 21 41:32 Off-trail hiking 43:05 Rattlesnake encounter 44:09 Climb to the crest of the Monitor Range 44:35 Hiking the Table Mountain Wilderness/Monitor Range 45:29 First View Toquima Range 47:48 Danville Peak, Monitor Range Highpoint 50:35 Bull Elk up close 51:50 Day 22 53:06 Bushwhacking Table Mountain Wilderness 57:04 Hike across Monitor Valley 59:25 Pine Creek, Toquima Range 1:00:38 Hiking the Alta Toquima Wilderness 1:05:26 Day 23 1:06:25 Hiking the crest of the Toquima Range 1:08:07 Mt Jefferson South Summit 1:09:11 Hiking down Mt Jefferson 1:10:35 Hiking is my passion 1:13:26 Upper Jefferson Canyon 1:14:12 Jefferson ghost town 1:16:58 Lower Jefferson Canyon 1:18:31 Hiking Big Smoky Valley 1:19:03 Round Mountain gold mine 1:20:38 Coming up in section 4 of the Basin and Range Trail vlog documentary series 1:21:25 End Screen Watch the 60-minute Basin and Range Trail movie for a condensed version of this thru-hike adventure:    • Pioneering Nevada's Basin and Range Trail ...