Continued...
It was the last of a six-day roadtrip in West Central Nevada, tagging a
collection of P900s in the area. I had spent the night camped at the end of
at the base of C Hill, my first stop of the day. I planned to
do some easy hikes until around noon when I would head home to San Jose. The
weather had been unusually cold the first four days but had warmed up to more
usual June temps today under a cloudless sky.
C Hill - Peak 6,340ft
C Hill is named for the large "C" for Carson City that can be seen on its
eastern aspect. My route from the southeast bypassed views of the "C", not much
of a loss, truth be told. I combined this with a higher, unnamed peak to the
south for a 6mi+ loop. The area is open to OHVs, though I saw none during
my hike today. I followed a series of , trails and some
cross-country, heading first up to overlooking Carson
City looking and , then on to
, a mile and half further. There were a few hikers and
joggers that I passed by in the vicinity of , but no one in the
upper reaches around Peak 6,340ft. I spent about two and a half hours on the
outing, the nicest of the three I did today.
Prison Hill
Prison Hill is the highpoint of the that goes by the
same name on the east side of Carson City. The area gets extensive OHV use,
particularly motorcycles, though again there were none on this Wednesday
morning. I saw only one other car at the TH I used off Snyder Ave, but had the
whole mountain to myself, it would seem. As the name suggests, there is
located at the base of the hill, just behind the TH. The 3mi outing took just
over an hour, not particularly interesting, up sandy, overused trails, though
the views were decent. One can take in the snow-capped Sierra from the Freel
Peak area in stretching to Mt. Rose. Other
peaks around Ebbetts
Pass can be seen further south, including Highland and Silver Peaks. There is
also a benchmark at the flat, open summit.
Hot Springs Mountain
This last summit lies 4mi south of Prison Hill. It, too, is used for OHV
recreation, though not to the extent of Prison Hill. I used some route
information garnered from Marcus Sierra on PB who started from Lindsay Ln on
the south side of the mountain. There is a dirt OHV here
where I parked and started up one of several trails rising up from the south
side. The
trail is terribly sandy and steep in places, not much fun to climb on foot. It
looks to be much harder with a motorcycle. Once at the crest I turned left and
headed cross-country for the highpoint to the northwest almost a mile away. PB
has the identified as the highpoint whereas LoJ and
my own observations put it at the southern point which is partially obscured by
trees and much more poorly defined. I visited both before descending an
alternate route that required no cross-country. More led
in a loop back to where I just off the pavement. It was
12:40p when I returned and time to head home. I showered before starting the
five hour drive home to San Jose, back across the Sierra on SR89/SR88.
Good times...