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| Salt and Pepper Mountain - Lake Mead NRA, NV | |
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Salt and Pepper Mountain - Lake Mead NRA, NV
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| Hiking | 2.11 Miles |
1,046 AEG |
| | Hiking | 2.11 Miles | 2 Hrs 54 Mns | | 0.97 mph |
| 1,046 ft AEG | 43 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | This was a hike to the summit of Salt and Pepper Mountain (elevation of 2,703 feet and prominence of 1,004 feet). This peak is east of the town of Searchlight and is just west of the Colorado River.
I had never heard of this peak until a couple of days ago when I stopped in Searchlight and checked to see what peaks were in the area and this one popped up.
The peak got its name because the large summit plateau is littered with black and white rocks. The black rocks are basalt but I do not know what the white ones are.
I hiked up a steep slope on the west side of the mountain. Even though the slope was steep the footing was mostly solid, making this a more enjoyable hike than some other hikes that I have done lately that are on steep, loose scree slopes.
This is a nice remote area with some amazing geology, and I am really glad that I went out there to go up this seldom hiked peak. |
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