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HIKING NEVADA The North Twin River Trail climbs over a spur to avoid an impassible section of the river canyon (Hike 35). Fall color at the foot of the Monitor Range HIKING NEVADA A GUIDE TO THE STATE’S GREATEST HIKING ADVENTURES THIRD EDITION Bruce Grubbs FALCONGGUUIIDDEESS® An imprint of Globe Pequot Falcon and FalconGuides are registered trademarks and Make Adventure Your Story is a trademark of Rowman & Littlefield. Distributed by NATIONAL BOOK NETWORK Copyright © 2018 Rowman & Littlefield TOPO! maps copyright 2018 National Geographic Partners, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Maps © Rowman & Littlefield All photos by Bruce Grubbs unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing- in- Publication Information available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Grubbs, Bruce (Bruce O.) Title: Hiking Nevada : a guide to the state’s greatest hiking adventures / Bruce Grubbs. Description: Third edition. | Guilford, Connecticut : FalconGuides, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. Identifiers: LCCN 2017013508 (print) | LCCN 2017014622 (ebook) | ISBN 9781493027798 (e-book) | ISBN 9781493027781 (pbk.) Subjects: LCSH: Hiking—Nevada—Guidebooks. | Trails—Nevada—Guidebooks. | Nevada—Guidebooks. Classification: LCC GV199.42.N3 (ebook) | LCC GV199.42.N3 G78 2017 (print) | DDC 796.5109793—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017013508 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America The author and Rowman & Littlefield assume no liability for accidents happening to, or injuries sustained by, readers who engage in the activities described in this book. South Twin River (Hike 36) LL CITY OF ROCKS CITY OF ROCKSNATIONAL RESERVENATIONAL RESERVENATIONAL MONUMENTNATIONAL MONUMENT JackpotJackpotRaft RiverRaft RiverMtsMts 93 80 Great SaltLakeSpruceDesertMountain 93A 93UT51AHElyEly5352 5054-72 GREAT BASINGREAT BASINNATIONALNATIONALPARKPARK 93 73 CalienteCaliente MesquiteMesquite 15 LAKE MEAD LAKE MEADNATIONALNATIONALRECREATIONRECREATIONAREAAREA7574GRANDGRANDCANYONCANYONNATIONANATIONAPARKPARKegasegas Black Mountains 94 ARIZONA 318 93 Las VLas V 95 100 IDAHOIDAHO 17 225 229ElkoElko18 s19-21niat22nuoM ybuR228 EurekaEureka 50 6 375 7795 76 78-93 15 DESERTDESERT N KilometerKilometer100 Mile wyheewyhee 80 278 VE VE 95 OOMcDermittMcDermitt 5-14 NEVADA 95 caca 15BattleBattleMountainMountain MountTenabo 305 306 AustinAustin5031 33 35343236435044-474041493739384248 376 WarmWarmSpringsSprings TonopahTonopah 95 Scotty’sScotty’sJunctionJunction 267 BeattyBeatty DEATHDEATHVALLEYVALLEYNATIONALNATIONALMONUMENTMONUMENT 374 DeathValley MOJAMOJA 395 0 0 OREGON DenioDenio140 2 143 BLACK ROCKBLACK ROCK DESERTDESERTWinnemucWinnemuc Smoke CreekDesert16 80477395 95RenoRenoFallonFallon 282729 26503080 23 25Carson CityCarson City 361 24YeringtonYerington95A 208 SS II EE RR RR 379AA YOSEMITE YOSEMITE6 NATIONALNATIONAL 264PARKPARK 395NN EE 266VV AA DD SEQUOIA SEQUOIANATIONALNATIONALAAPARKPARK KINGS KINGSCANYONCANYONNATIONALNATIONALPARKPARK395 CALIFORNIACALIFORNIA5 OVERVIEWPACIFIC OCEAN LL CITY OF ROCKS CITY OF ROCKSNATIONAL RESERVENATIONAL RESERVENATIONAL MONUMENTNATIONAL MONUMENT JackpotJackpotRaft RiverRaft RiverMtsMts 93 80 Great SaltLakeSpruceDesertMountain 93A 93UT51AHElyEly5352 5054-72 GREAT BASINGREAT BASINNATIONALNATIONALPARKPARK 93 73 CalienteCaliente MesquiteMesquite 15 LAKE MEAD LAKE MEADNATIONALNATIONALRECREATIONRECREATIONAREAAREA7574GRANDGRANDCANYONCANYONNATIONANATIONAPARKPARKegasegas Black Mountains 94 ARIZONA 318 93 Las VLas V 95 100 IDAHOIDAHO 17 225 229ElkoElko18 s19-21niat22nuoM ybuR228 EurekaEureka 50 6 375 7795 76 78-93 15 DESERTDESERT N KilometerKilometer100 Mile wyheewyhee 80 278 VE VE 95 OOMcDermittMcDermitt 5-14 NEVADA 95 caca 15BattleBattleMountainMountain MountTenabo 305 306 AustinAustin5031 33 35343236435044-474041493739384248 376 WarmWarmSpringsSprings TonopahTonopah 95 Scotty’sScotty’sJunctionJunction 267 BeattyBeatty DEATHDEATHVALLEYVALLEYNATIONALNATIONALMONUMENTMONUMENT 374 DeathValley MOJAMOJA 395 0 0 OREGON DenioDenio140 2 143 BLACK ROCKBLACK ROCK DESERTDESERTWinnemucWinnemuc Smoke CreekDesert16 80477395 95RenoRenoFallonFallon 282729 26503080 23 25Carson CityCarson City 361 24YeringtonYerington95A 208 SS II EE RR RR 379AA YOSEMITE YOSEMITE6 NATIONALNATIONAL 264PARKPARK 395NN EE 266VV AA DD SEQUOIA SEQUOIANATIONALNATIONALAAPARKPARK KINGS KINGSCANYONCANYONNATIONALNATIONALPARKPARK395 CALIFORNIACALIFORNIA5 OVERVIEWPACIFIC OCEAN Backlit quaking aspen below the cliffs The Hikes MEET YOUR GUIDE xiii MAP AND ICON LEGEND xiv TRAIL FINDER xvi BEFORE YOU HIT THE TRAIL 1 HIKING IN NEVADA 1 GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY 1 NATURAL HISTORY 3 HUMAN HISTORY 4 HIKING TECHNIQUES AND ETHICS: LEAVE NOTHING BUT FOOTPRINTS 7 OUR ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL HERITAGE 9 MAKING IT A SAFE TRIP 10 WATER 10 WEATHER 12 HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE 13 THE HIKES 13 FINDING AND USING MAPS 15 Northwestern Nevada 1. Desert Trail: High Rock Canyon Section 18 2. Desert Trail: Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge Section 23 3. Blue Lakes 29 4. Duffer Peak 32 5. Buckskin Mountain 34 6. Lye Creek Basin 36 7. Granite Peak 38 8. Rebel Creek Trail 41 9. McConnell Creek Trail 45 10. Horse Canyon Trail 46 11. Falls Canyon Trail 48 ix

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Enjoy this comprehensive guide to hikes of varying difficulty levels and lengths in Nevada. It offers up eighty hikes through the dramatic alpine peaks, lush pine forests, shady redrock canyons, and shimmering desert salt flats.