Hiking Las Vegas

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I have been hiking and exploring for 15 years now and have done some great hikes you probably don’t know.

Here’s a list in no particular order of these great hikes:

Manley Beacon – Death Valley – This dirt pinnacle looks impossible to climb, but it’s actually easy! What’s cool about it: A 300 yard long, very exposed ridgeline walk to the summit.

Bridge Mtn – Zion – Impossible looking peak in Zion. There’s mega expousre on this route. Only a handful of hikers have stood at the summit.

China Date Ranch Overlook Loop – Tecopa, CA – Been to the Date Ranch wishing there was a cool hike close by? There is! Great views and an impossible looking route make this a winner!

Eva’s Tower – Red Rock – Cool red pinnacle under Bridge Point. This is another route that looks impossible.

Eagle Mtn – boarder of NV and CA. – One of the best desert peaks in the southwest. You have to walk a semi knife edge ridge to the summit.

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The hike starts by following Trail Canyon Trail for two miles where it meets up with the North Loop Trail, which can be hiked all the way to Charleston Peak (11,918 feet), the highest summit in Southern Nevada.

From the junction the hike follows a hiker’s path along Cockscomb Ridge. Some of the best views in Mt. Charleston are along the ridge. After a quarter mile are so the hike turns into a mountaineering route and traverses below the summit ridge along the east side. The rock is loose and the route is hard to follow without a good hike description. There’s one nearly vertical class 3 climb before the route reaches Cockscomb Peak (9,692 feet).

From the Cockscomb Peak the route traverses the ridge south traveling to two additional peaks. The first of these two peaks is where the old route use to descend. It was believe the only way to continue the traverse was by doing a rappel. We found an easy class 3 descent. It winds and twist, but makes it down to a saddle landmarked by a twisted bristlecone pine.

The route continues along the east side before climbing back up to a saddle that sits just below the third and final summit. It’s a short traverse along the west side of the ridge to the summit. The three peaks in one day along a magnificent ridge… not bad! The route descends past a pinnacle that is clearly visible from Trail Canyon Trail.. The pinnacle stands above a 200 foot wall making it appear impossible to scramble to without ropes. Just beyond the pinnacle stands a cool arch.

The descent is vastly better than the old descent (shorter and not as loose). And the best part: Once you intersect Trail Canyon Trail, it’s a seven minute walk back to the trailhead!!!