Wilderness area

Clan Alpine Mountains Wilderness

Clan Alpine Mountains Wilderness is a 128,362-acre wilderness area in Churchill County, Nevada. It rises from about 3,961 to 9,949 ft. The nearest town is Austin, 34.5 miles away in a straight line.

Clan Alpine Mountains Wilderness map

Clan Alpine Mountains Wilderness boundary from USGS PAD-US or the managing agency, simplified for display. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.

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Fire restrictions

3 fire restriction orders are recorded for this unit as of Sept. 30, 2026. Each links the signed order.

  • Bureau of Land Management Carson City District fire restrictions order Applies to this wilderness, managed by the Stillwater Field Office in the Carson City District. Listed under Western Nevada (Sierra Front Zone) on Nevada Fire Info. The signed order states the exact area, what it prohibits, and exemptions.
  • BLM Nevada Carson City District - Stage 2 Fire Restrictions Rescinded Applies to this wilderness, managed by the Stillwater Field Office in the Carson City District. Stage 2 rescinded. Listed under Western Nevada (Sierra Front Zone) on Nevada Fire Info. The signed notice states what was lifted and what stays in effect.
  • BLM Nevada Prevention Order: BLM statewide restrictions Effective May 1, 2026. Applies to all BLM and Forest Service land in Nevada. Prohibited: Possessing, discharging, using or allowing the use of fireworks, pyrotechnic or incendiary devices; possessing, discharging, igniting or causing to burn; explosives or explosive material, including binary explosive targets; discharging a firearm using tracer, incendiary, or steel-component ammunition. [Use of tracer or incendiary ammunition is always prohibited on public lands]; operating or using any internal or external combustion engine without a spark arresting device properly installed, maintained and in effective working order.

Nevada Fire Info, BLM Nevada's interagency fire site, keeps the Nevada fire restrictions map and signed orders for every fire zone, and a Nevada fire map of active fires.

Common questions

Austin, NV is the nearest town, 34.5 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance).
The highest ground in Clan Alpine Mountains Wilderness is about 9,949 ft, and its lowest about 3,961 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model). Its highest named summit is Mount Augusta, about 9,949 ft.

Who manages Clan Alpine Mountains Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
BLM 128,362 Not on record Not on record Not on record Stillwater Field Office in the Carson City District, 775-885-6000

Getting to Clan Alpine Mountains Wilderness

  • Austin, NV is the nearest town, 34.5 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). (US Census places, accessed 2026-09-25)

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Clan Alpine Mountains Wilderness

  • Mount Augusta summit about 9,949 ft
  • Healy Peak summit about 8,833 ft
  • Shaley Peak summit about 8,818 ft
  • East Fork Camp Creek Canyon canyon
  • North Fork Florence Canyon canyon
  • Big Shoshone Spring spring
  • Bob Spring spring

Features whose official location is inside the boundary, from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, accessed 2026-09-25. Summit elevations measured on the USGS 3DEP elevation model, which can read a few feet under a surveyed summit height.

Other wilderness areas in Nevada

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