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
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”-Mary Oliver
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”
― MLK Jr.
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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”-Mary Oliver
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”
― MLK Jr.
I've been enjoying your photos. I was beginning to wonder if you were coming back.
It seemed to become a dry run for a retirement plan/strategy....
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”-Mary Oliver
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”
― MLK Jr.
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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”-Mary Oliver
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”
― MLK Jr.
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