Dec 4, 2018
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Etymology Echo Hills Echo Peaks East |
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Day 5 saw me still in the Lake Mead NRA, along Northshore Rd. There's so much stuff around that I could easily spend more than a week here. Like the previous day, today's selections were mostly from Purcell's Rambles & Scrambles. It was thinly overcast for most of the day, quite chilly and I had my fleece on for most of the day. I didn't get up quite so early because of the cold, but I was out for over 9hrs with some short drives between the five hikes. A good day.
Next up was Redstone Peak, about 1/5mi from East Redstone. It was the highest of the group and features more than 1,000ft of prominence. It didn't feature a register, unfortunately, nor did the next two summits. Mystery Cairn Peak is found 1/3 mi further west. It has two summits vying for the highpoint. Neither had a cairn and I couldn't tell which was higher (though the eastern one is a better scramble at easy class 4). Not sure what the "Mystery" was on this one. Another 1/4mi to the south is the lower Vista Peak, connected by an easy ridgeline to Mystery Cairn. The "vista" probably refers to the view south of Lake Mead - not bad. For the last summit, I had to return back over Mystery Cairn and then down the north side which had some interesting gullies and rocky scrambling to reach an easy drainage that leads down towards the saddle with Peak 3,117ft. This last summit isn't really part of the Redstone Group as described by Purcell as it is mostly white limestone and a bit detached from the others. Still, it had more prominence than most of the others and it seemed to be practically on the way back. It had a small register with just one entry from six years earlier, not nearly as popular as the other points. I dropped off the steep north side of the peak to steer me directly back to the Redstone picnic area. There were a few others out hiking the informal trails around the area as I returned, only minutes from sunset. About 4.5mi over almost 4hrs. Made for a long day but most enjoyable...
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