Headed out to the area with the GF and the boy on a beautiful Monday late afternoon back in January 2012. Found the turn off from Lake Mead Blvd and slowed rolled it out to the butte looking for a place to begin our accent for a Geocache. DONOTATTEMPTDURING A HOTSUMMERDAY! We finally decided to park next to the the three power towers and make our approach from the NW side. There is a slight trail to follow on the way up which is at times marked with cairns(stacks of rocks). MAKESUREYOUHAVEPLENTYOFWATER! Once you hit the ridge line it’s an easy climb up. Don’t forget to look behind you every now and again… the view is amazing and just gets better and better. The GF was the first to summit and located the summit log. I made it up at the beginning of evening nautical twilight. WHENYOUDOMAKETHEHIKE, MAKESUREYOURFOOTWEARISSOLID! We hung out for only a moment but enough to enjoy the kangaroo rats, being pin high with helicopters and watching the lights in the valley bellow. GIVEYOURSELFTIME&BRING A CAMERA! By the time we made our decent it was dark. Though we had lights they were not really needed as the moon light was enough to navigate. We made it back to the vehicle and determined that it about a 2 hour 15 minute trip.
Angela T.
Évaluation du lieu : 4 Las Vegas, NV
Located in the Lake Mead National Rec Area, about 15 miles off I-15& E. Lake Mead exit. This is a great cardio hike, even thought it’s a short hike, the peak itself is steep, will get you breathing fast and that heart rate up. The hike is over lava rocks so make sure you wear a good pair of shoes. It’s an out and back type hike with 1000 ft elevation gain, and about 2 miles roundtrip. When you get to the top, you will have a panoramic view of the entire city, Lake Mead, and Lake Las Vegas. If you have knees like me, you will be hurting on the way down, my knees hurt for a day after this as it does pound them in the hike down. It offers great views tho, about the same as Frenchman Mtn so it’s definitely worth the pain
