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| Hiking | 5.30 Miles |
3,284 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.30 Miles | 6 Hrs 1 Min | | 1.47 mph |
| 3,284 ft AEG | 2 Hrs 25 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I have been wanting to do this hike for a while, and the stars finally lined up right for me to hike it!
The trailhead is about 2.5 miles off of Highway 93. About 0.4 miles in there is a section of the road that is rutted where you go up a hill. This spot will likely be too much for non-4WD vehicles to handle; but if you can negotiate this spot you'll have no issues driving the rest of the way to the TH. Otherwise, you'll have to park there and walk on the road for 2 miles each way to/from the TH.
We started off in a wash for a short distance, and then went off-trail along some ridgelines for the rest of the hike. There wasn't much vegetation to contend with, but the route was rocky and was mostly class 2 hiking/climbing.
The views were great all the way to the summit -- especially to the NW of Lake Mead, Las Vegas, and the mountains west of Vegas, including Charleston Peak.
The wind wasn't bad when we started, but then it got crazy windy as the morning went on -- when I say "crazy", I mean wind gusts in the 40 mph range, and perhaps more than that. If I had been closer to home I probably would have aborted the hike, but I did not want to stop hiking when I was so far from home. A number of times we'd stop and hope that the gusts would subside, but for the most part the wind just kept blowing.
There was one little class 3 move right below the summit, and at the summit we had to hop on a few boulders. As windy as it was, it was not real easy moving around at the summit.
With all the wind, we didn't stay too long at the summit, but the views are great! I did not locate any survey markers, but I did not spend much time looking for them as windy as it was.
It was a little disappointing to see some graffiti at the summit. I am thinking that there is probably some correlation between amount of graffiti/trash and proximity to an urban area(Vegas is only 30 miles away).
On the way back, shortly before getting to the TH we stopped to look at some old mine shafts/adits.
We saw no other hikers, which suited me.
This was a challenging hike for me, but it was fun and had great views. This is a hike that I would definitely do again! |
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