[John Morrow]

Too much to describe.  I am gonna let maps and pic annotations tell the story.

Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge
Delamar Mountains
Mount Irish Wilderness
Hiko Range
Desert National Wildlife Refuge

Pahranagat Country, Lincoln County NV.  Known for its prolific rock art and beautiful mountains.

Nov 14th: Crystal Wash public rock art area and adjacent scrambles.

Crystal Wash crop

Peak 5590 for later, petroglyphs at right

moving on in a loop

Peak 5195' next

View north from Peak 5195'

Fun looking N. Ridge of Peak 5590'

some scrambling ahead

Class 3 limestone steps

Across Pahranagat Valley at Mt Irish

Good company, albeit minimal

Back into Crystal Wash

the Monzonite boulder field of Crystal

says entrance to narrows

art

art on boulders

art

art

unusual row of anthropomorphs

snake

Nov 15th: Delamar Dry Lake loop hike, scrambles, and art.

Delamar Lake

Delamar Dry lake morning

Delamar Dry lake morning, S. Pahroc Range

Yum, J-trees

Up tp Peak 5400' first, lake overlook

Lake overlook!

hint of Upper Pahranagat Lake

Badger Mountain looms over valley

NE Ridge scrambling

good scrambling

the descent of Peak 5400'

To Peak 4835' next

from there

more trees

departing area of great joshua tree forest

back across Delamar Lake

Everyone should walk across a dry lake, once.

petros, public site (on topo)

Atop Black Point, an area of importance

Nov 16th: Mt Irish Wilderness with Shaman Knob Rock Art site (public).

MtIrishShamansKnob

Shaman Knob

Shaman detail

Headed up

Strange quartz nodes

high on the mountain find

Ridge to run

Toward Peak 7536'

View east

Good company

Long fun east ridge descent

Went up over there

east ridge

headed down

Pahranagat Man

lovely abstract

curvy

Petroglyphs

Random art

Pahranagat Lake AM

Heron dawn

Drive by mtn range

Nov 17-18th: Desert National Wildlife Refuge, Cow Camp Road area.  Scrambling in the Corn Creek Range and a hike into Picture Canyon.

DNWRCowCampRD

Bob Burd named "Cow Camp Mountain"

Corn Creek Range

On Cow Camp Mountain

Picture Canyon mouth

sun over joshua trees

J-trees sunset

Last light

evening in the Mojave Desert

Peak 5454 looks fun

scrambling

great limestone

looking back at Cow Camp Mountain

thrusted range

same old....

traverse the white ledge

looking back

descent off Peak 5454 (center)

Last one

Famous MacLeod/Lilley

Sheep Range

could be fine scrambling

buttress looks great!

great climbing

fine rock SW Ridge Wagon Gap Peak

heading back

Toward Picture Canyon

Mouth Picture canyon6

Picture Canyon narrows

polish

limestone narrows

Open canyon and 1 Leaf Pinyon

Upper Canyon

weather coming????

chockstone slot climb (bypassable)

Last look at DWNR

Nov 20th: River Mountains Trail System, Boulder City NV.
A day of trail hikes to some summit scrambling.  (No map, much out there on the web)

Red and Black

Trails

toward Red Mountain summit

Black Mtn next

City below trail

scrambling on crest

time to turn back

interp

interp 2

trail home

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[raising3hikers]

Good stuff, I'll be down there soon

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Eric Eames

[Abert]

I've been enjoying your photos. I was beginning to wonder if you were coming back.

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[John Morrow]