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| Run/Jog | 5.88 Miles |
1,365 AEG |
| | Run/Jog | 5.88 Miles | 2 Hrs 32 Mns 16 Secs | | 2.48 mph |
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| no partners | | Was in Vegas for the Kendrick Lamar show (just kidding, that wasn't why I was there, but I went to it!) and decided to hit Red Rock Canyon for a little bit of exploration, since it looked like temperatures would miraculously be cool enough to do something there. So I headed out to Red Spring TH.
Started out with the Calico Basin Trail, then took Girl Scout Trail to Ash Spring Trail. Headed up Ash Spring, but didn't see any water where it seemed like the spring should be. The official map shows the trail ending here, but my map showed it continuing all the way up the canyon, so I decided to check that out. The climb up this canyon was a lot of fun, with a several easy obstacles, and seemingly hitting a dead end before figuring out I could climb over a small knoll to the "correct" route. Once you get out of the interesting rock formations, the trail becomes nice and smooth again, leading to a cool saddle area.
I originally thought I might try to loop all the way around the Calico Tanks area, but instead I decided to loop back to the east and connect with the Kraft Mountain loop. The trail down that canyon was enjoyable, and eventually just turned into a standard wash traverse with one small obstacle that would've been slightly more challenging to go up.
Once I got to the Kraft Mountain loop I climbed up to the saddle (can't recall what that saddle is called). The view down into the canyon looked really cool from there; it looks like the KM loop is probably worthwhile. Then went down to the Ash Spring area, and figured out where the water actually is.
Jogged back to Red Spring, and decided I may as well do the nature loop there while I'm at it. |
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Ash Creek Spring |
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| | | There's water in the creek, but 100 yards or so downstream from where the spring is marked. |
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Calico Spring |
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| | | Water could be heard from the trail. | | _____________________
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