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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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