Wheeler Peak Nevada climbing information and map

Wheeler Peak should be Nevada’s highest peak. Its location, scenery and history far surpass the embarrassingly “just a bit higher” Boundary Peak on the California-Nevada line who attaches himself to a much larger California peak. Wheeler was my first Great Basin climb, a winter ascent that took 2 days. I lived in Seattle, had climbed little other than in Washington and just getting to the peak was like being on the moon….totally foreign. It was this experience that led me years later to move to The Great Basin.

Wheeler Peak

From the summer trailhead parking area at 10,000 feet, follow the trail up. I did it with about 10 feet of snow in winter with no problems…a nice snowshoe trip. Much of the upper route is on the exposed ridgeline where winds or sun could be an issue. In winter, you’ll be starting at 7,800 feet at the Upper Lehman Creek Campground. Follow the Lehman Creek trail until you loose it, then just head up the drainage where you will run into the Wheeler Peak camp and merge onto the trail route just beyond.

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