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Nevada High Points #96 – Sahwave Mountains

Nevada High Points #96 – Sahwave Mountains

Posted on January 4, 2022by D. Craig YoungLeave a comment on Nevada High Points #96 – Sahwave Mountains

Juniper Mountain 7475 ft (2278 m) – 1960 ft gain 2021.11.27 Juniper Mountain – Sahwave Mountains Collection Desna, my wife and partner, was at Planet X for the weekend, it is winter sale time. Although the forecast remained stable with blue skies as far as any meteorologist could see, I…

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Nevada High Points #95 – Palmetto Mountains

Nevada High Points #95 – Palmetto Mountains

Posted on January 3, 2022by D. Craig YoungLeave a comment on Nevada High Points #95 – Palmetto Mountains

Harvey Peak 9285 ft (2830 m) – 1775 ft gain 2021.11.12 Harvey Peak – Palmetto Mountains Photo Collection I had planned to get out early for Second Friday, but because my brother, Darren, could not join this weekend and my back has spasmed oddly yesterday, I slept late. The schedule…

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Nevada High Points #94 – Bird Spring Range

Nevada High Points #94 – Bird Spring Range

Posted on December 4, 2021by D. Craig YoungLeave a comment on Nevada High Points #94 – Bird Spring Range

Peak 5695 5695 ft (1736 m) – 1050 gain 2021.10.15 Peak 5965 – Bird Spring Range Photo Collection Thankfully, my time in Vegas was about over. Leaving the conference hotel in the early evening, I worked my way south toward Jean, Nevada, eventually turning west toward Goodsprings. I hit the…

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Nevada High Points #93 – River Mountains

Nevada High Points #93 – River Mountains

Posted on December 1, 2021by D. Craig YoungLeave a comment on Nevada High Points #93 – River Mountains

River Mountain 3789 ft (1155 m) – 1013 ft gain 2021.10.13 Away from hotel early, going for two days in a row. If I must hang around Vegas for the week, I can focus on a few highpoints in some of the smaller local ranges. Continuing east of the city,…

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Nevada High Points #92 – Frenchman Range

Nevada High Points #92 – Frenchman Range

Posted on November 9, 2021by D. Craig Young2 Comments on Nevada High Points #92 – Frenchman Range

Frenchman Mountain 4052 ft (1235 m) – 2400 ft gain 2021.11.12 I slept much better in Kyle Canyon the other night. The past two nights, however, have been strange. I have a room at the Flamingo in Las Vegas; it is a perfectly fine room with a nice view, but…

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Nevada High Points #91 – Spring Mountains

Nevada High Points #91 – Spring Mountains

Posted on November 7, 2021by D. Craig YoungLeave a comment on Nevada High Points #91 – Spring Mountains

Charleston Peak 11,918 ft (3633 m) – 5300 ft gain 2021.11.09 We have not been on a big hill for a few months. The smaller, hidden gems are a pleasure, but nothing beats some elevation gain and ultimate altitude. I had a work week in southern Nevada, so we decided…

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Nevada High Points #90 – Madelin Mesa

Nevada High Points #90 – Madelin Mesa

Posted on October 23, 2021by D. Craig Young1 Comment on Nevada High Points #90 – Madelin Mesa

Rowland Mountain (‘Rocky’) 6911 ft (2107 m) – 650 ft gain 2021.09.24 The mornings have the feel of autumn, but the midday still holds the heat of summer; it is that time of year. Here, at the close of September, I had a landform mapping project in support of archaeological…

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Nevada High Points #89 – Calico Mountains

Nevada High Points #89 – Calico Mountains

Posted on October 19, 2021by D. Craig YoungLeave a comment on Nevada High Points #89 – Calico Mountains

Donnelly Peak 8533 ft (2588 m) – 2317 ft gain 2021.09.12 There is a problem with names in this part of the desert. And, as a geographer and some-time chronicler of Great Basin landforms, I strive to maintain a sense of where I am. It stands to reason that the…

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Nevada High Points #88 – Butte Spring Hills

Nevada High Points #88 – Butte Spring Hills

Posted on October 18, 2021by D. Craig YoungLeave a comment on Nevada High Points #88 – Butte Spring Hills

Peak 6507 6507 ft (1983 m) – 910 ft gain 2021.09.11 On Nevada Highway 34, a wonderful dirt road north of Gerlach, there is a steep right-hand turn just after the Lund Petrified Forest. The forest consists of a couple of upright trees trapped behind a fenced enclosure, but we…

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Nevada High Points #87 – Anchorite Hills

Nevada High Points #87 – Anchorite Hills

Posted on September 6, 2021by D. Craig Young4 Comments on Nevada High Points #87 – Anchorite Hills

Powell Mountain 9530 ft (2905 m) – 1988 ft gain 2021.08.13 It took a long time to get going today. Smoke from Sierran wildfires has filled Carson Valley for weeks it seems – now the typical summer atmosphere, and the heat has been oppressive, forged one-to-one with the unending haze.…

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