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| Backpack | 5.45 Miles |
2,287 AEG |
| | Backpack | 5.45 Miles | 22 Hrs 58 Mns | | 1.82 mph |
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| no partners | | | Arrived at the trail head parking lot around 11:30AM, barely got a spot from a car that just pulled out. My group had an America the Beautiful pass and put it on the dash in lieu of purchasing a Red Rock pass from the electronic station in the parking lot. The hike is nearly vertical and is almost akin to scrambling, somewhat trying with a backpacking pack on but is definitely doable. Trail is very easy to follow once you figure out that there are white oval shapes spray painted onto the rock every 10 feet or so pointing you in the correct direction (our group learned that the hard way; we made a wrong turn early on and had to backtrack). Superb views around the second saddle (3/4ths of the way up) and at the top. Several places to camp after the second saddle, I might argue that they have better views than if you camp at the summit (the summit has a lot of brush and trees near the edges so you don't get a clean view of the canyon). The summit welcomes you with an "End of Trail" sign and a nice breeze. A couple other backpackers arrived at the top and made camp at the other end of the summit. As the sun went down the wind really picked up and it got cold (low 40s by the end of the night). We made a campfire and built up rocks all around it to guard from the wind and flying embers, however, after 30 minutes or so too many hot embers were starting to blow out of the pit and it was so windy that we couldn't feel any heat... so we decided it would be best to put it out. After making sure the fire was completely out around 8PM we threw in the towel for an early night. It was windy all night! The morning was beautiful, saw some hot air balloons out in the distance. We ate breakfast and went on our way down. Overall a great hike, very much recommended! |
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