Hiking Around Las Vegas, Mount Charleston Area, Kyle Canyon
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Overview This is a very strenuous, 9.7-mile round-trip hike that climbs about 3,400 vertical-feet from the Cathedral Rock Trailhead to the summit of Griffith Peak. The trail climbs the south side of Kyle Canyon to the crest, follows the Griffith Peak Trail along the crest for a few hundred yards, and then climbs a steep spur-trail to the summit. Views from the summit are among the best in southern Nevada, and there are some gnarled bristlecone pines (now mostly burned) and interesting fossil on the summit. An alternate route up Griffith Peak starts at the Griffith Peak Trailhead, but that trail is closed for now because of damage after the fire. Presented here are summit-view photos. For a description of the hike, see Griffith Peak. Link to map. |
 Hiker on the summit (view W) |
 Hikers on the summit (view W) |
 Hikers on the summit (view NE) |
 Fossil crinoids on the summit |
 La Madre Range (view ESE from Griffith Peak) |
 Red Rock Canyon Escarpment (view SE from Griffith Peak) |
 Mt. Charleston and bristlecone pine (view NW from Griffith Peak) |
 Mt. Charleston and bristlecone pine (view NW from Griffith Peak) |
 Mummy Mountain and bristlecone pine (view NW from Griffith Peak) |
 Mt. Charleston and bristlecone pine (view NW from Griffith Peak) |
 Mummy Mountain and bristlecone pine (view NW from Griffith Peak) |
 Bristlecone pines (view E from Griffith Peak) |
 South Loop saddle (arrow; view W from summit) |
 Happy hiker on the summit |
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 Hikers on Griffith Peak summit (view W towards Mt. Charleston) |
 Hikers on Griffith Peak summit (view N) |
Happy Hiking! All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
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