Mount Fitzgerald | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 11,220 ft (3,420 m) NAVD 88[1] |
Prominence | 615 ft (187 m)[1] |
Coordinates | 40°36′20″N 115°24′38″W / 40.6054829°N 115.4106096°W[2] |
Geography | |
Location | Elko County, Nevada, U.S. |
Parent range | Ruby Mountains |
Topo map | USGS Ruby Dome |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | East Side from Snow Lake: Hike & Scramble |
Mount Fitzgerald is the fourth-highest named mountain in the Ruby Mountains and the fifth-highest in Elko County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is the thirty-ninth-highest mountain in the state.[3] It rises from the heads of both Thomas and Right Fork Canyons (branches of Lamoille Canyon), and is also part of the north wall of Box Canyon, making it a true glacial horn. The summit is a high-level ridge and is located about 24 miles (39 km) southeast of the community of Elko, within the Ruby Mountains Wilderness of the Ruby Mountains Ranger District in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.