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Nevada High Points #109 – General Thomas Hills

Nevada High Points #109 – General Thomas Hills

Posted on March 26, 2023by D. Craig Young1 Comment on Nevada High Points #109 – General Thomas Hills

Peak 6677 6,677 ft (1989 m) — 1450 ft gain 2023.02.12 The winter snows seem endless, the foothills of the Carson Range releasing the cold moisture from the lake effect that streams out of the Tahoe Basin. The Sierra snowpack is trending toward record depths, and we benefit from the…

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Nevada High Points #108 – Goldfield Hills

Nevada High Points #108 – Goldfield Hills

Posted on March 14, 2023by D. Craig YoungLeave a comment on Nevada High Points #108 – Goldfield Hills

Cole VABM 6862 ft (2092 m) – 1438 ft gain 2023.01.14 Goldfield Hills Image Collection Sitting at dinner in Beatty, after our nice afternoon in the Bullfrog Hills, Darren and I decided we would explore another small range on our drive home. The Goldfield Hills are a jumble of irregular…

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Nevada High Points #107 – Bullfrog Hills

Nevada High Points #107 – Bullfrog Hills

Posted on February 19, 2023by D. Craig Young2 Comments on Nevada High Points #107 – Bullfrog Hills

Sawtooth Mountain 6005 ft (1830 m) — 1438 ft gain 2023.01.13 Bullfrog Hills Image Collection I have been turned away twice from Sawtooth Mountain, the high point of the Bullfrog Hills near Beatty, Nevada. Dressed in a crown of radio towers, the Bullfrogs do not seem a formidable obstacle; there…

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Nevada High Points #98 – Gold Mountain

Nevada High Points #98 – Gold Mountain

Posted on March 12, 2022by D. Craig Young1 Comment on Nevada High Points #98 – Gold Mountain

Gold Mountain 8152 ft (2485 m) – 2300 ft gain 2022.02.25 Gold Mountain Collection It was finally time to get back to a desert high point – my string of monthly highpoints having been broken by a wonderful trip to Patagonia and Atacama Desert in Chile (stories and images coming…

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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 #80: Cuprite Hills

Nevada High Points #80: Cuprite Hills

Posted on March 20, 2021by D. Craig Young2 Comments on Nevada High Points #80: Cuprite Hills

Cuprite Hills HP (Peak 6071) 6071 ft (1850 m) — 1503 ft gain 2021.03.10 When I first imagined a quest of climbing to the high point of each of Nevada’s named mountain ranges, as I studied my collection of topographic maps, it came as a solution to a problem. As…

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