Ruby-Horsethief itinerary
Every published mile marker on the Ruby-Horsethief route, in order, with the distance and elevation change between each one — and which permit each stretch needs. To watch dates and set alerts, go to the Ruby-Horsethief Canyon permit page.
Which permit covers this route
The Ruby-Horsethief. One reservation is an ordered sequence of nights at named sites, issued by first-come, first-served.
34 of the stops below are camps this permit sells a night at, and each one is marked. One trip books a sequence of them, not all of them.
- Stops mapped
- 34
- Across the markers
- 17.1 mi
- Published route length
- 25 mi
How long it takes: 2-3 days. That is the figure the permit publishes — this page does not divide the route into days, because no source records which stop you sleep at.
The stops below are the camps this permit sells, listed in the order the route runs them, with the mile positions the booking system publishes.
Distance and elevation change on each leg are the difference between the two published figures either side of it, so the legs are arithmetic on the markers and nothing more.
The Ruby-Horsethief route, stop by stop
Mile 3.2
Rattlesnake
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0.3 miles to Beaver Tail 1
Mile 3.5
Beaver Tail 1
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0.1 miles to Beaver Tail 2
Mile 3.6
Beaver Tail 2
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0.1 miles to Bull Draw
Mile 3.7
Bull Draw
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1.9 miles to Banjo Camp
Mile 5.6
Banjo Camp
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0.2 miles to Cottonwood 1
Mile 5.8
Cottonwood 1
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0.1 miles to Cottonwood 2
Mile 5.9
Cottonwood 2
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0.1 miles to Cottonwood 3
Mile 6.0
Cottonwood 3
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0.1 miles to Cottonwood 4
Mile 6.1
Cottonwood 4
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0.1 miles to Cottonwood 5
Mile 6.2
Cottonwood 5
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1.7 miles to Salt Creek 1
Mile 7.9
Salt Creek 1
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0.1 miles to Salt Creek 2
Mile 8.0
Salt Creek 2
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2.3 miles to Fault Line 1
Mile 10.3
Fault Line 1
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0.2 miles to Fault Line 2
Mile 10.5
Fault Line 2
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2.2 miles to Mee Corner
Mile 12.7
Mee Corner
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0.4 miles to Mee 1
Mile 13.1
Mee 1
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0.1 miles to Mee 2
Mile 13.2
Mee 2
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0.1 miles to Mee 3
Mile 13.3
Mee 3
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0.1 miles to Mee 4
Mile 13.4
Mee 4
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0.2 miles to Mee Canyon
Mile 13.6
Mee Canyon
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1.1 miles to Dog Island
Mile 14.7
Dog Island
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1.1 miles to Split Rock
Mile 15.8
Split Rock
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0.2 miles to Black Rocks 1
Mile 16.0
Black Rocks 1
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0.1 miles to Black Rocks 2
Mile 16.1
Black Rocks 2
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0.1 miles to Black Rocks 3
Mile 16.2
Black Rocks 3
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0.2 miles to Black Rocks 4
Mile 16.4
Black Rocks 4
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0.1 miles to Black Rocks 5
Mile 16.5
Black Rocks 5
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0.1 miles to Black Rocks 6
Mile 16.6
Black Rocks 6
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0.1 miles to Black Rocks 7
Mile 16.7
Black Rocks 7
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0.1 miles to Black Rocks 8
Mile 16.8
Black Rocks 8
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0.2 miles to Black Rocks 9
Mile 17.0
Black Rocks 9
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1.1 miles to Island Camp
Mile 18.1
Island Camp
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0.2 miles to Knowles 1
Mile 18.3
Knowles 1
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2.0 miles to May Flats
Mile 20.3
May Flats
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Getting a Ruby-Horsethief for the dates you want
Planning the route is the easy half. Ruby-Horsethief dates go fast, and the ones that come back are cancellations — they return to the booking system without warning and are gone again quickly. PermitSnag watches Ruby-Horsethief around the clock and alerts you the moment a date opens.