Lake Mead, Humphreys Peak, Hualapai and Red Rock Canyon

Oct 23, 2017

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Big hiking weekend in Nevada and Arizona. I met my friend Aaron and our main mission was to bag Humphreys Peak, the Arizona state highpoint outside of Flagstaff. Our plan was to fly into Vegas and meet up. I got there a day early and hiked Northshore Peak near Lake Mead.

Desert views from on top of Northshore Peak

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Aaron's flight got delayed and we made it to Flagstaff pretty light that night. Humphreys was our target the next day. This is a 10 mile hike with about 3500 ft of elevation gain.

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The next day we were off on a quest to add to Aaron's county highpoint totals. We chose a good peak, Hualapai, outside of Kingman, Arizona. A challenging hike considering what we did the previous day. The final summit climb is a bit of a scramble. Craziest thing was the lady bugs on top. Millions of them it seemed. And we saw a tarantula on the way back.

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Final day of hiking was Red Rock Canyon outside of Vegas. This area is awesome. It was my second time there in 2017. Lots of tricky off trail scrambling here.